Dreyer Tree » Dirk Jacobus de Beer (1917-1973)
Personal data Dirk Jacobus de Beer
- He was born on July 20, 1917.
- He died on June 20, 1973 in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, he was 55 years old.
- A child of Dirk Jacobus de Beer and Johanna Sophia Catharina Dreyer
Household of Dirk Jacobus de Beer
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Birthday July 20, 1917
- The temperature on July 20, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
- December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death June 20, 1973
- The temperature on June 20, 1973 was between 15.1 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- April 28 » The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
- July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
- August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
- August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
- October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
- November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I21226.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Dirk Jacobus de Beer (1917-1973)".