Dreyer Tree » Jan Casparus Dreyer (1892-1977)

Day of marriage October 16, 1911

• The temperature on October 16, 1911 was between 5.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Day of death December 9, 1977

• The temperature on December 9, 1977 was between 3.0 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Apple Computer is incorporated.
  • March 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
  • July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
  • August 12 » The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
  • December 4 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
  • December 13 » Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874)
• 1972 » Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (b. 1881)
• 1975 » William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)