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Personal data Gwendoline Iris Jones 


Household of Gwendoline Iris Jones

She is married to Marthinus Versfeld Dreyer.

They got married.

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Historical events

Birthday August 23, 1907

  • The temperature on August 23, 1907 was between 9.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
    • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Day of death May 14, 1996

  • The temperature on May 14, 1996 was between 8.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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.
  • In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
    • February 9 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
    • May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
    • July 28 » The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
    • September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
    • November 3 » Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
    • November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1905 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor († 1951)
  • 1905 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist († 1982)
  • 1906 » Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master († 2017)
  • 1908 » Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator († 2008)
  • 1909 » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire († 1970)
  • 1910 » Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier († 2009)

Source: Wikipedia


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