Dreyer Tree » Margot Gardiol de Villiers (1912-1992)

Day of marriage December 21, 1939

• The temperature on December 21, 1939 was between -9.2 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
  • May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
  • July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
  • September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
  • November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
  • November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

Day of death August 23, 1992

• The temperature on August 23, 1992 was between 12.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
  • April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
  • May 7 » Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
  • September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
  • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1989 » R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)
• 1990 » David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
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