Dreyer Tree » Gert Johannes Cornelius Dreyer (1943-1993)

Day of marriage October 3, 1964

• The temperature on October 3, 1964 was between 4.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
  • April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
  • June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
  • August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
  • December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.

Day of death April 30, 1993

• The temperature on April 30, 1993 was between 13.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • April 1 » Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is founded in Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • April 21 » The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
  • July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
  • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • August 28 » The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
  • September 21 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1993 » Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
• 1994 » Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
• 1994 » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
• 1995 » Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)