Dreyer Tree » Arthur Keightley Gray (1904-1989)

Personal data Arthur Keightley Gray 


Household of Arthur Keightley Gray

He is married to Hester Susanna van Niekerk Dreyer.

They got married on March 8, 1927 at Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 22 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1904

  • The temperature on November 25, 1904 was between -4.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
    • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
    • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
    • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Day of death September 19, 1989

  • The temperature on September 19, 1989 was between 10.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
    • May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
    • June 7 » Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
    • June 28 » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
    • September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
    • November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.


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