Dreyer Tree » Susanna Francina Dreyer b4c2d5e3f1g2 (1884-1956)

Day of marriage August 2, 1913

• The temperature on August 2, 1913 was between 12.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  • May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
  • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
  • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

Day of death July 1, 1956

• The temperature on July 1, 1956 was between 13.3 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
  • April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
  • June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
  • July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
  • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
  • November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.

Source: Wikipedia

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