Dreyer Tree » Andries Stephanus (Dries) Dreyer (1939-1967)

Day of marriage May 9, 1959

• The temperature on May 9, 1959 was between 13.9 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
  • February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
  • March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
  • May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
  • October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
  • November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.

Day of death August 4, 1967

• The temperature on August 4, 1967 was between 9.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
  • July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
  • August 14 » UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
  • September 1 » The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
  • October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
  • December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
• 1976 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)