Dreyer Tree » Dirk Jacobus Greeff (1941-1963)
Personal data Dirk Jacobus Greeff
- He was born on July 28, 1941.
- He died on April 11, 1963 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 21 years old.
- A child of Dirk Jacobus Greeff and Susara Catharina Dreyer
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Birthday July 28, 1941
- The temperature on July 28, 1941 was between 13.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
- March 27 » World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
- August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
- October 22 » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
- December 1 » World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
- December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
- December 14 » World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
Day of death April 11, 1963
- The temperature on April 11, 1963 was between 6.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
- May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
- June 12 » NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
- August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
- August 15 » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
- September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
- November 2 » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
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- 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
- 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
- 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
- 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
- 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I20302.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Dirk Jacobus Greeff (1941-1963)".