Dreyer Tree » Dirk Johannes Schultz (1906-1980)

Day of marriage June 29, 1931

• The temperature on June 29, 1931 was between 8.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
  • November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death June 17, 1980

• The temperature on June 17, 1980 was between 11.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
  • March 14 » LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
  • May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
  • June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
  • August 1 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
  • September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)