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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lucas Cornelius Johannes Pretorius

Willem Pretorius
1849-1929
Magel Susara Steyn
????-1936
Lucas Cornelis Johannes Dreyer
1841-????
Hester Petronella Swanepoel
1845-1909

Lucas Cornelius Johannes Pretorius
1906-1977


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    Historical events

    Birthday March 2, 1906

    • The average temperature on March 2, 1906 was 2.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
      • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
      • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
      • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
      • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
      • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

    Day of death December 22, 1977

    • The temperature on December 22, 1977 was between 2.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
      • April 28 » The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
      • May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
      • July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
      • October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
      • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
    

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    • 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
    • 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
    • 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
    • 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)

    Source: Wikipedia


    About the surname Pretorius


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    Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I19011.php : accessed January 29, 2026), "Lucas Cornelius Johannes Pretorius (1906-1977)".