Dreyer Tree » Johanna Elizabeth (Toekie) Pienaar (1922-1998)

Day of marriage June 27, 1942

• The temperature on June 27, 1942 was between 7.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
  • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
  • May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
  • November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.

Day of death February 2, 1998

• The temperature on February 2, 1998 was between -10.2 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
  • May 13 » India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
  • September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
  • September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
  • October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1996 » Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
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