Dreyer Tree » Andre Theodor Dreyer b4c2d4e2f3g1h4 (1907-1984)

Day of marriage December 24, 1935

• The temperature on December 24, 1935 was between -4.3 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
  • April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
  • November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
  • November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
  • December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
  • December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.

Day of death May 14, 1984

• The temperature on May 14, 1984 was between 5.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • June 3 » Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
  • June 5 » Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
  • August 5 » A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship crashes on approach to Zia International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.
  • August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
  • October 11 » Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1983 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
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