Dreyer Tree » Johanna Aletta Petronella Christina (Joey) Dreyer (1913-2000)

Christening day February 22, 1914

• The temperature on February 22, 1914 was between 4.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Day of marriage November 10, 1934

• The temperature on November 10, 1934 was between 3.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
  • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
  • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  • September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
  • September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.

Day of death February 17, 2000

• The temperature on February 17, 2000 was between 0.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
  • June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
  • October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
  • November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

Source: Wikipedia

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