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.
  • February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
  • February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
  • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
  • June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
  • August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
  • December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

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 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
  • August 1 » Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
  • August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
  • September 18 » Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
  • November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
  • December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
• 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)
• 1987 » Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)