Dreyer Tree » Catharina van der Merwe (1919-1986)

Personal data Catharina van der Merwe 


Household of Catharina van der Merwe

Waarschuwing Attention: Spouse (Albertus Daniel Keet) is 31 years older.

She is married to Albertus Daniel Keet.

They got married on December 15, 1939 at Lindley, Free State, South Africa, she was 20 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday January 2, 1919

  • The temperature on January 2, 1919 was between 2.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
    • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
    • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
    • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
    • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

Day of death September 2, 1986

  • The temperature on September 2, 1986 was between 12.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
    • July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
    • August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
    • September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
    • October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
    • November 6 » Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
  • 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
  • 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
  • 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
  • 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
  • 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)

Source: Wikipedia


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