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.
  • January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
  • February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
  • August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
  • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

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.
  • August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
  • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
  • October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
  • October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
  • November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
  • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.

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)