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Personal data Willem Adriaan Dreyer 


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 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
      • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
      • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
      • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
      • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
      • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

    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.
      • April 1 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
      • May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
      • June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
      • June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
      • September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
      • September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
    

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    • 1928 » Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 2004)
    • 1929 » Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster († 2007)
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