Dreyer Tree » Ponty Alexander Dreyer (1908-1974)
Personal data Ponty Alexander Dreyer
- He was born on September 19, 1908 in Bulawayo, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
- He died on December 28, 1974 in Andrew Flemming Hosp. Salisbury Rhodesia, he was 66 years old.
Oorzaak: CCF Ischemic heart disease
- He is buried in Salisbury.
- A child of Johannes "John" Frederick Dreyer and Alida Regina "Alisa" van Niekerk
Household of Ponty Alexander Dreyer
He is married to Sheila Rose Tiernan.
They got married.
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Historical events
Birthday September 19, 1908
- The temperature on September 19, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
- April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
- May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
- September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
Day of death December 28, 1974
- The temperature on December 28, 1974 was between 7.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
- April 8 » At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
- July 23 » The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
- December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
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