Dreyer Tree » Lukas Cornelius Steyn (1884-1964)
Personal data Lukas Cornelius Steyn
- He was born on May 20, 1884 in Kroonstad Freestate South Africa.
- He died on October 8, 1964 in Vredefort Freestate South Africa, he was 80 years old.
- A child of Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn and Maria Elizabeth Dreyer
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Birthday May 20, 1884
- The temperature on May 20, 1884 was about 8.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
Day of death October 8, 1964
- The temperature on October 8, 1964 was between 6.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
- May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
- July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
- October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
- November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I20369.php : accessed January 31, 2026), "Lukas Cornelius Steyn (1884-1964)".