Dreyer Tree » Maria Elizabeth Melta Dreyer b4c2d1e2f2g1h2 (1896-1969)
Personal data Maria Elizabeth Melta Dreyer b4c2d1e2f2g1h2
- She was born on December 17, 1896 in Durbanville, WC, South Africa.
- She died on July 14, 1969, she was 72 years old.
- A child of Melt van der Spuy Dreyer and Jacomina Hendrina Laubser
Household of Maria Elizabeth Melta Dreyer b4c2d1e2f2g1h2
She is married to Frank Edward Burgoyne.
They got married on August 28, 1916 at Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, she was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Doreen Elizabeth Hendrina Burgoyne 1917-1999
- John Douglas Burgoyne 1919-1960
- Melton Medhurst Burgoyne 1921-1922
- Maynard Hubert Burgoyne 1922-1978
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Historical events
Birthday December 17, 1896
- The temperature on December 17, 1896 was about 0.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of marriage August 28, 1916
- The temperature on August 28, 1916 was between 12.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
- April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
- June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
- July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
- November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Day of death July 14, 1969
- The temperature on July 14, 1969 was between 8.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
- March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
- March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
- September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
- November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
- December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
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- 1894 » Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier († 1969)
- 1894 » Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
- 1895 » Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player († 1967)
- 1898 » Loren Murchison, American sprinter († 1979)
- 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
- 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
- 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
- 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
- 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
- 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)
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