Dreyer Tree » Wilhelmina Frederika Dreyer (1925-2001)

Day of marriage May 1, 1943

• The temperature on May 1, 1943 was between 9.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
  • June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
  • July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
  • August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
  • November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
  • November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.

Day of death April 27, 2001

• The temperature on April 27, 2001 was between 8.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
  • February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
  • June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
  • September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
  • November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 2002 » George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
• 2002 » Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)