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.
  • June 9 » World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
  • July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
  • July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
  • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
  • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

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.
  • February 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
  • April 12 » Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
  • July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
  • July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
  • August 2 » A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
  • October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.

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)