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Personal data Hendrik Hugo Dreyer b4c2d4e2f3g5h4 

  • He was born on December 6, 1914 in Philadelpia, Cape South Africa.
  • Profession: Editor , Manager Die Volkblad , Beeld , CEO Nasionale Pers. in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Cape Town.
  • Education: Paarl Gimnasium.
  • Nationality: South Africa.
  • Religion: Christian.
  • He died on October 17, 1975 in Tygerberg Hospitaal Parow Cape South Africa, he was 60 years old.
    Oorzaak: Medical Problem
  • He is buried in Maitland Crematorium, Cape Town, Melkbosstrand, South Africa,Kramat of Tuan Matarah.
  • A child of Hendrik Cornelis ` Hennie ` Dreyer and Jacoba Embrencia Retief Mostert

Household of Hendrik Hugo Dreyer b4c2d4e2f3g5h4

He is married to Anna Catharina Steyn ` Ans` Hattingh.

They got married on September 1, 1945 at Lindley, South Africa, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

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Notes about Hendrik Hugo Dreyer b4c2d4e2f3g5h4

Hugo ( daar was al te veel Hennie`s) het aan Paarl Gimnasium gestudeer en is later Kaap toe en het met broer Jan `n kamer gedeel. Hy wou verder gaan studeer , maar finansies kortwiek hom en skryf in by prokureer, maar hy laat vaar dit en word `n verslaggewer by Die Burger Okt 1936. Op 1 Sept 1945 trou hy met Anna Catherina Steyn Hattingh Ans,(*28.02.1918 + 24.06.2009 Seapark-siekeboeg,Melkbosstrand,) `n verpleegster in die NG –kerk Lindley .Hulle het een seun Hendrik Christiaan (dis ek) * 26.01.1947 Kaapstad .Hy(Hugo) word later parlemetêre verslagewer ,en word 21 Jan 1949 Nuusredakteur en later hoofredakteur en bestuurder van die Volksblad.(tot 21 Jan 1970). Daarna vertrek hy na Johannesburg waar Hy die Transvaler oorneem later die Beeld en nog later die Raport. Terug in die kaap word hy hoofbestuurder van Nasionale koerante en groepbestuurder waarna hy aftree op 7 Des 1974. Hy is oorlede op 17 Okt 1975 in die Tygerberg Hospitaal.

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  • The temperature on December 6, 1914 was between 1.0 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
    • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
    • August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
    • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • The temperature on September 1, 1945 was between 5.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
    • February 3 » World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
    • February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
    • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
    • April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
    • June 18 » William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
  • The temperature on October 17, 1975 was between 4.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
    • April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
    • June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
    • August 11 » East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
    • August 15 » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
    • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.


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