Dreyer Tree » Pieter Ignatius Michael du Plessies (1896-1960)
Personal data Pieter Ignatius Michael du Plessies
- He was born on January 24, 1896.
- He died on March 15, 1960, he was 64 years old.
- A child of Jan Barend du Plessies and Geertruyda Elisabeth Dreyer
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Birthday January 24, 1896
- The temperature on January 24, 1896 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of death March 15, 1960
- The temperature on March 15, 1960 was between 3.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
- January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
- February 29 » The 5.7Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
- May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
- May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
- May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
Same birth/death day
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- 1895 » Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter († 1976)
- 1897 » Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director († 1963)
- 1899 » Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general († 1954)
- 1900 » René Guillot, French writer († 1969)
- 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
- 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
- 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
- 1962 » Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
- 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I15625.php : accessed January 31, 2026), "Pieter Ignatius Michael du Plessies (1896-1960)".