Dreyer Tree » Roelof Frederick "Frikkie" (Roelof Frederick "Frikkie") Botha (1903-1975)

Personal data Roelof Frederick "Frikkie" (Roelof Frederick "Frikkie") Botha 


Household of Roelof Frederick "Frikkie" (Roelof Frederick "Frikkie") Botha

He is married to Maria Elizabeth Dreyer.

They got married on September 28, 1926 at Zwartruggens, Rustenburg, he was 23 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday August 10, 1903

  • The temperature on August 10, 1903 was between 10.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of marriage September 28, 1926

  • The temperature on September 28, 1926 was between 6.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
    • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
    • June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
    • August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
    • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Day of death September 5, 1975

  • The temperature on September 5, 1975 was between 7.4 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • March 6 » For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
    • March 26 » The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
    • June 5 » The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
    • September 16 » Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
    • September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
    • October 14 » An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1970 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
  • 1972 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
  • 1973 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
  • 1977 » Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (b. 1897)
  • 1979 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (b. 1884)
  • 1980 » Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (b. 1923)

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