Dreyer Tree » Philippina Maria Charlotte Dreyer (1892-1961)

Day of marriage December 22, 1951

• The temperature on December 22, 1951 was between 0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
  • February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
  • February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
  • May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  • September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
  • October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Day of death May 2, 1961

• The temperature on May 2, 1961 was between 10.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
  • January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
  • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
  • September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
  • December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)