Dreyer Tree » Anwyn Adah Mary Jane du Toit b8c13d4e1f3g2h7i5 (1927-1975)

Day of marriage March 2, 1960

• The temperature on March 2, 1960 was between 8.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
  • May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
  • July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
  • July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
  • October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
  • December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.

Day of death April 5, 1975

• The temperature on April 5, 1975 was between -0.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
  • June 4 » The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
  • August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
  • September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
  • November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
  • December 29 » A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Bino Bini, Italian fencer (b. 1900)
• 1975 » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899)
• 1975 » Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891)
• 1975 » Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917)