Dreyer Tree » Justus Hendrik Wilhelm "Willie" (Justus Hendrik Wilhelm, "Willie") Dreyer b4c2d4e8f9g5 (1901-1976)

Day of marriage August 23, 1930

• The temperature on August 23, 1930 was between 8.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
  • January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
  • February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
  • June 9 » A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
  • November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
  • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Day of death November 4, 1976

• The temperature on November 4, 1976 was between 1.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
  • March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
  • May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
  • July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
  • July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
  • October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)