Dreyer Tree » Karel Petrus du Toit (1903-1973)
Personal data Karel Petrus du Toit
- He was born on March 18, 1903 in Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
- He died on March 17, 1973 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 69 years old.
- A child of Johannes Jacobus du Toit and Cecilia Jacoba Dreyer
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Birthday March 18, 1903
- The temperature on March 18, 1903 was between 2.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
- April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
- July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
- August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
- October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
- December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death March 17, 1973
- The temperature on March 17, 1973 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- February 22 » Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
- April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
- September 19 » King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- September 26 » Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
- November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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- 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
- 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
- 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I19988.php : accessed January 28, 2026), "Karel Petrus du Toit (1903-1973)".