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Household of Willem Johannes Dreyer

He is married to Martha Magrietha Bodenstein Van Eeden.

They got married on October 7, 1950 at Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 34 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday November 3, 1915

    • The temperature on November 3, 1915 was between 3.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
      • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
      • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
      • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
      • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
      • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

    Day of marriage October 7, 1950

    • The temperature on October 7, 1950 was between 11.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 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)
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
      • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
      • July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
      • September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
      • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
      • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
      • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

    Day of death November 22, 1978

    • The temperature on November 22, 1978 was between 11.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
      • March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
      • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
      • May 3 » The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
      • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
      • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
      • December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
    

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