Dreyer Tree » Cornelis Valkenburg de Villiers Dreyer (1926-2000)

Day of marriage December 23, 1950

• The temperature on December 23, 1950 was between -4.4 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
  • May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
  • November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

Day of death November 9, 2000

• The temperature on November 9, 2000 was between 7.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 22.3 mm of rain during 10.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
  • March 20 » Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
  • April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
  • May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
  • August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  • November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Mabel King, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Eric Morley, English television host, founded Miss World (b. 1918)
• 2000 » Sherwood Johnston, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and curator (b. 1924)
• 2002 » William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (b. 1925)