Dreyer Tree » Thomas Andries Dreyer (1896-1963)

Day of marriage December 19, 1917

• The temperature on December 19, 1917 was between -9.7 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

Day of death July 25, 1963

• The temperature on July 25, 1963 was between 9.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
  • March 5 » American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
  • April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • June 3 » Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
  • June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
  • August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)