Dreyer Tree » Edward Frederick Greenhalf Dreyer (1915-2004)

Personal data Edward Frederick Greenhalf Dreyer 


Household of Edward Frederick Greenhalf Dreyer

(1) He is married to Aletta Marais.

They got married


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(2) He is married to Martha Swart.

They got married.


(3) He is married to Jacomina Johanna Heyns.

They got married on December 28, 1940 at Maitland, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 25 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday May 15, 1915

    • The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
      • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
      • July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
      • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
      • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
      • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

    Day of marriage December 28, 1940

    • The temperature on December 28, 1940 was between -0.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
      • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
      • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
      • June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
      • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
      • August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".

    Day of death June 23, 2004

    • The temperature on June 23, 2004 was between 12.9 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 21.8 mm of rain during 13.4 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
      • January 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
      • February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
      • February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
      • April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
      • December 8 » The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
      • December 26 » The 9.1–9.3 Mw  Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia; death toll is estimated at 227,898.
    

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