Dreyer Tree » Johannes Hendrickus Dreyer b5c1d1e3f1g3h3 (1898-1969)
Personal data Johannes Hendrickus Dreyer b5c1d1e3f1g3h3
- He was born on March 13, 1898 in Rustenburg Transvaal South Afrika.
- He died on May 2, 1969 in Roodepoort South Africa, he was 71 years old.
- A child of Marthinus Dreyer and Anna Sophia Coetzee
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Birthday March 13, 1898
- The temperature on March 13, 1898 was about -2.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
- May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
- June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
- December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death May 2, 1969
- The temperature on May 2, 1969 was between 7.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
- January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
- April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
- April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
- May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
- July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
- October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
Same birth/death day
- 1897 » Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet and activist († 1937)
- 1898 » Henry Hathaway, American director and producer († 1985)
- 1899 » John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
- 1899 » Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist and composer († 1978)
- 1900 » Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter († 1980)
- 1900 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
- 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
- 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
- 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
- 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
- 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
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