Dreyer Tree » Petrus Johannes "Piet" (Petrus Johannes, "Piet") Dreyer b5c1d1e2f2g5h2 (1917-2008)

Day of marriage October 28, 1946

• The temperature on October 28, 1946 was between 4.3 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  • October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
  • December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
  • December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
  • December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

Day of death July 14, 2008

• The temperature on July 14, 2008 was between 7.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • March 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
  • August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
  • August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
  • September 15 » Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
  • October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Pepo, Chilean cartoonist; creator of Condorito (b. 1911)
• 2001 » Guy de Lussigny, French painter (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 41st President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
• 2003 » François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist and academic (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Cicely Saunders, English hospice founder (b. 1918)
• 2005 » Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)