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".
  • April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
  • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.

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 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
  • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
  • July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
  • August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

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)