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 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
    • April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
    • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
    • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
    • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
    • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

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.
    • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
    • April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
    • June 30 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
    • August 31 » Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
    • November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
    • November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.


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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