Dreyer Tree » Jan Lodewyk van Niekerk (1922-2009)

Personal data Jan Lodewyk van Niekerk 


Household of Jan Lodewyk van Niekerk

He is married to Elizabeth Jacomina Cronje Dreyer.

They got married

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 11, 1922 was between 3.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
    • February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
    • March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
    • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
    • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
    • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
  • The temperature on August 13, 2009 was between 11.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
    • March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
    • March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
    • June 9 » An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
    • September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
    • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1922 » Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet († 2007)
  • 1922 » Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter († 2005)
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Source: Wikipedia


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