Dreyer Tree » Alfonso Cyril Dreyer (1909-1969)

Day of marriage January 1, 1949

• The temperature on January 1, 1949 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
  • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

Day of death July 19, 1969

• The temperature on July 19, 1969 was between 8.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
  • April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
  • August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
  • November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)