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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
  • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
  • September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
  • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

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 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
  • August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
  • October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
  • October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
  • November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

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)