Dreyer Tree » Maria Johanna Dreyer (1908-1976)

Day of marriage December 18, 1934

• The temperature on December 18, 1934 was between 2.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
  • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
  • October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
  • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

Day of death October 2, 1976

• The temperature on October 2, 1976 was between 11.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
  • June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
  • July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
  • September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
  • October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)