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Household of Petrus Adriaan Dreyer

He is married to Abigail Cornelia O`Conner.

They got married on December 31, 1935 at Oudtshoorn Cape South Africa, he was 31 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 30, 1904

    • The temperature on October 30, 1904 was between 4.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
      • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
      • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
      • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
      • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
      • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
      • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

    Day of marriage December 31, 1935

    • The temperature on December 31, 1935 was between 7.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
      • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
      • April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
      • June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
      • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
      • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
      • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

    Day of death June 17, 1954

    • The temperature on June 17, 1954 was between 12.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
      • March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
      • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
      • May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
      • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
      • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
    

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