Dreyer Tree » Hendrik Johannes Dreyer (1893-1978)

Day of marriage December 11, 1976

• The temperature on December 11, 1976 was between 1.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
  • January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
  • March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
  • April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
  • October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
  • November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

Day of death August 4, 1978

• The temperature on August 4, 1978 was between 14.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
  • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
  • August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
  • November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)