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Birthday May 14, 1926

• The temperature on May 14, 1926 was between 3.9 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Al Porcino, American trumpet player († 2013)
• 1925 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer († 1997)
• 1925 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver († 1985)
• 1925 » Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress († 2016)
• 1925 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1926 » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor († 1984)