Dreyer Tree » Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer (1917-1974)
Personal data Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer
- He was born on March 3, 1917 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa.
- He died on May 7, 1974, he was 57 years old.
- A child of Christiaan Dreyer and Catharina Maria Pienaar
Household of Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer
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Birthday March 3, 1917
- The temperature on March 3, 1917 was between -1.0 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Day of death May 7, 1974
- The temperature on May 7, 1974 was between 2.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
- March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
- June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
- September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
- November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
- December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I21392.php : accessed February 2, 2026), "Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer (1917-1974)".