Dreyer Tree » Jacobus Willem Dreyer (1914-1979)

Day of marriage August 3, 1945

• The temperature on August 3, 1945 was between 11.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement.
  • July 17 » World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
  • July 31 » Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
  • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
  • September 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.
  • November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

Day of death January 13, 1979

• The temperature on January 13, 1979 was between -1.3 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H₂S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
  • March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
  • March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
  • June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
  • November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
  • December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
• 1978 » Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1979 » Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American soprano (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)