Dreyer Tree » Gertruida Elizabeth 'Ida' Dreyer (1932-2016)

Day of marriage July 11, 1959

• The temperature on July 11, 1959 was between 14.5 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
  • June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
  • September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
  • November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

Day of death July 16, 2016

• The temperature on July 16, 2016 was between 16.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • May 23 » Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
  • June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
  • June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
  • September 17 » Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
  • November 2 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
  • December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919)
• 2015 » Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015 » Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)
• 2017 » George Romero, American filmmaker (b. 1940)