Dreyer Tree » Maria Elizabeth Dreyer (1934-1968)

Day of marriage December 24, 1954

• The temperature on December 24, 1954 was between 0.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  • April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
  • May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
  • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Day of death June 27, 1968

• The temperature on June 27, 1968 was between 13.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
  • July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
  • October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
  • October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
  • November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
  • December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
• 1960 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
• 1962 » Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler and scholar (b. 1902)
• 1975 » G.I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1886)