Dreyer Tree » Johannes Augustus Dreyer (1908-1987)

Christening day December 27, 1908

• The temperature on December 27, 1908 was between -10.6 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
  • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

Day of marriage October 3, 1939

• The temperature on October 3, 1939 was between 4.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
  • August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
  • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
  • November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
  • December 27 » The 7.8 M_w  Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

Day of death October 30, 1987

• The temperature on October 30, 1987 was between 8.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
  • July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
  • October 11 » Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
  • October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
  • December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Source: Wikipedia

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