Dreyer Tree » Johannes Nicolaas Andreas Steyn (1894-1958)

Day of marriage January 18, 1919

• The temperature on January 18, 1919 was between -0.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death March 29, 1958

• The temperature on March 29, 1958 was between 7.5 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
  • March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
  • March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
  • May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
  • June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
  • August 18 » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)