Dreyer Tree » josias Andries Dreyer (1952-1975)

Day of marriage December 14, 1974

• The temperature on December 14, 1974 was between 3.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The heavily 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 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
  • August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
  • August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
  • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.

Day of death May 21, 1975

• The temperature on May 21, 1975 was between 6.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
  • March 27 » Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
  • June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
  • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
  • November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
  • December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

Source: Wikipedia

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