Dreyer Tree » Petrus Paulus Dreyer (1909-1964)
Personal data Petrus Paulus Dreyer
Source 1- He was born on August 8, 1909 in Potchefstroom district.
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Death notice 5418/64 - Tvl
- He died on June 2, 1964 in Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 54 years old.
- A child of Andries Frederik Dreyer and Susanna Catharina van den Berg
Household of Petrus Paulus Dreyer
He is married to Francina Elizabeth van der Merwe.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Andries Friederick Dreyer 1933-1933
- Willem Johannes Jacobus Dreyer 1935-1997
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Historical events
Birthday August 8, 1909
- The temperature on August 8, 1909 was between 11.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
- March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
- April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
- May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
- June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
- December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of death June 2, 1964
- The temperature on June 2, 1964 was between 11.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- May 9 » Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngô Đình Diệm before the family's toppling, is executed.
- August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
- September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
- October 10 » The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
Same birth/death day
- 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
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- 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)
- 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
- 1910 » Sylvia Sidney, American actress († 1999)
- 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
- 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
- 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
- 1967 » Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
- 1968 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
- 1969 » Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I518922.php : accessed January 30, 2026), "Petrus Paulus Dreyer (1909-1964)".