Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » William Larusso (1931-1973)

Birthday August 21, 1931

• The temperature on August 21, 1931 was between 13.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
  • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
  • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1932 » Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter († 2015)