Dreyer Tree » Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk" (Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk") Dreyer (1885-1945)
Personal data Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk" (Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk") Dreyer
- First name Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk".
- He was born January 1885 in Wynberg, Cape, South Africa.
- He died on August 27, 1945 in Bon Accord Hotel, Grnats grove, Durban, he was 60 years old.
- A child of Johan Christian Dreyer and Adriana Jacoba van Niekerk
Household of Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk" (Andries Hendrik van Niekerk "Andrew Henry van Niekerk") Dreyer
He is married to Kathleen Sarah Elizabeth McCarthy.
They got married on October 31, 1927 at Brokenhill, Northern Rhodesia Zambia, he was 42 years old.
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Historical events
Day of marriage October 31, 1927
- The temperature on October 31, 1927 was between 8.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
- May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
- July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
- July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
- August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
- October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
Day of death August 27, 1945
- The temperature on August 27, 1945 was between 9.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
- February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
- February 15 » World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
- May 1 » World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.
- June 5 » The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
- June 28 » Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
- September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
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- 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
- 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
- 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
- 1956 » Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
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