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She is married to Marthinus Versfeld Dreyer.

They got married.

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Historical events

  • 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.
    • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
    • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
    • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
    • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
  • 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.
    • April 4 » Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
    • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
    • May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
    • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
    • November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.


Same birth/death day

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  • 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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