Dreyer Tree » Jacobus Hermanus Groenewald (1872-1951)

Day of marriage June 6, 1898

• The temperature on June 6, 1898 was about 25.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

Day of death August 3, 1951

• The temperature on August 3, 1951 was between 12.3 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
  • April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
  • November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
  • December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)