Dreyer Tree » Stephanus Johannes Dreyer (1927-2007)

Birthday October 30, 1927

• The temperature on October 30, 1927 was between 4.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader († 1999)
• 1926 » Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager († 2010)
• 1927 » Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager († 1999)
• 1928 » Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1928 » Peter Wales, English cricketer († 2018)
• 1929 » Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress († 2012)