The temperature on October 6, 1914 was between 1.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of marriage March 13, 1944
The temperature on March 13, 1944 was between 0.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
Day of death November 8, 1995
The temperature on November 8, 1995 was between 5.7 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
January 1 » The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
May 28 » The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
December 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12997.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Lucas Ignatius (Naas) Dreyer (1914-1995)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.