Dreyer Tree » Elizabeth Maria "Bettie" (Elizabeth Maria , "Bettie") Dreyer b5c1d9e12f1g4 (1907-1987)

Day of marriage December 17, 1938

• The temperature on December 17, 1938 was between -8.8 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (81%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
  • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Day of death January 28, 1987

• The temperature on January 28, 1987 was between -2.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly 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 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.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
• 1986 » Space Shuttle Challenger crew
• 1988 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1989 » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
• 1993 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)