Dreyer Tree » Petrus Johannes "Piet" (Petrus Johannes "Piet") le Roux (1895-1977)

Day of marriage September 19, 1936

• The temperature on September 19, 1936 was between 10.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
  • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
  • October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.

Day of death May 20, 1977

• The temperature on May 20, 1977 was between 8.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
  • May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
  • August 4 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
  • August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
  • September 18 » Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
  • November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)