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Household of Willem Adriaan Dreyer

He is married to Anna Johanna Botes.

They got married on October 23, 1948 at Ottosdal, Wolmaransstad, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 20 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Adriaan Dreyer

Willem Adriaan Dreyer
1863-1956
Johanna Helena Sophia van Niekerk
1868-1950

Willem Adriaan Dreyer
1928-2025

1948

Anna Johanna Botes
1930-1987


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 22, 1928

    • The temperature on January 22, 1928 was between 5.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
      • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
      • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
      • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
      • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
      • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.

    Day of marriage October 23, 1948

    • The temperature on October 23, 1948 was between 8.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
      • July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
      • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
      • September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
      • September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.
      • October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
      • December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
    

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    • 1928 » Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 2004)
    • 1929 » Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster († 2007)
    • 1930 » Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director († 2013)
    • 1930 » Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress († 2013)

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