Dreyer Tree » Lucas Ignatius Dreyer (1922-2012)

Day of marriage November 10, 1967

• The temperature on November 10, 1967 was between 2.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
  • June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
  • June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
  • November 15 » The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
  • November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
  • November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.

Day of death January 8, 2012

• The temperature on January 8, 2012 was between 5.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • May 21 » A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.
  • June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
  • June 22 » A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
  • November 9 » At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.
  • November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
  • December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

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