Dreyer Tree » Magrieta Philippina Josina van der Westhuizen (1914-1981)

Day of marriage April 3, 1934

• The temperature on April 3, 1934 was between 2.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
  • November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
  • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

Day of death June 6, 1981

• The temperature on June 6, 1981 was between 10.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
  • June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
  • August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
  • August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
  • December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
  • December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (b. 1918)
• 1982 » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1984 » A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian soldier and author (b. 1912)