Dreyer Tree » Cornelia Catharina (Cornelia Catharina ) Potgieter (1912-1983)

Personal data Cornelia Catharina (Cornelia Catharina ) Potgieter 

  • First name Cornelia Catharina .
  • She was born on March 18, 1912.
  • She died on August 20, 1983 in Groblersdal Transvaal South Africa, she was 71 years old.

Household of Cornelia Catharina (Cornelia Catharina ) Potgieter

She is married to Lambertus Dreyer.

They got married on February 16, 1935 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 22 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 18, 1912

  • The temperature on March 18, 1912 was between 4.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
    • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
    • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

Day of death August 20, 1983

  • The temperature on August 20, 1983 was between 18.2 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
    • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
    • February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
    • September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
    • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
    • October 13 » Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.


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About the surname Potgieter


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