Dreyer Tree » Martha Maria Susanna Renkin (1903-1979)

Day of marriage December 2, 1929

• The temperature on December 2, 1929 was between 5.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
  • February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
  • April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
  • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
  • December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

Day of death November 2, 1979

• The temperature on November 2, 1979 was between 0.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
  • May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
  • July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
  • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
  • November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1975 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)