Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Joyce Isabelle Minnich Nadig (1928-2002)

Birthday June 8, 1928

• The temperature on June 8, 1928 was between 10.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States († 2018)
• 1927 » Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer († 2020)
• 1929 » Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author († 2013)
• 1930 » Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1930 » Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 » James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter († 1999)