Dreyer Tree » Nicholas de Wet Dreyer (1901-1961)

Personal data Nicholas de Wet Dreyer 


Household of Nicholas de Wet Dreyer

He is married to Wilhelmina Catharina Strijdom.

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  3. Johannes de Wet Dreyer  1945-2001 

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 19, 1901

    • The temperature on August 19, 1901 was between 11.2 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (75%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
      • August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
      • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
      • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
      • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
      • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

    Day of death May 28, 1961

    • The temperature on May 28, 1961 was between -0.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
      • January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
      • March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
      • April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
      • June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
      • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
    

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