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Birthday April 25, 1938

• The temperature on April 25, 1938 was between 3.7 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer († 2012)
• 1938 » Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer
• 1939 » Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat
• 1939 » Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic
• 1939 » Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager
• 1939 » Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat