Dreyer Tree » Anna Cornelia Dreyer (1911-1979)

Day of marriage May 25, 1963

• The temperature on May 25, 1963 was between 2.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • May 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
  • June 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
  • July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
  • July 1 » ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
  • August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
  • December 26 » The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

Day of death February 13, 1979

• The temperature on February 13, 1979 was between 0.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 14.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
  • September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
  • November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
  • December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
• 1975 » André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
• 1980 » David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1984 » Cheong Eak Chong, Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)