Dreyer Tree » John Charles Molteno (1905-1971)

Day of marriage May 6, 1933

• The temperature on May 6, 1933 was between 9.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
  • March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
  • April 7 » Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.)
  • October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
  • November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
  • December 17 » The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23–21.

Day of death September 1, 1971

• The temperature on September 1, 1971 was between 12.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
  • March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
  • May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
  • August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
  • September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
  • December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)