Dreyer Tree » Abraham Johannes Dreyer (1921-1980)

Day of marriage September 9, 1944

• The temperature on September 9, 1944 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  • October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
  • November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
  • November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
  • December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

Day of death October 19, 1980

• The temperature on October 19, 1980 was between 1.7 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly 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)
• 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
  • May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
  • July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
  • October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
  • October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
  • December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)