Dreyer Tree » Johan Wilhelm Christiaan (Willem) Dreyer (1916-2000)

Day of marriage December 11, 1937

• The temperature on December 11, 1937 was between -1.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
  • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
  • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  • July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
  • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
  • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Day of death August 28, 2000

• The temperature on August 28, 2000 was between 9.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
  • March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
  • May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
  • September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
  • November 13 » Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
  • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

Source: Wikipedia

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