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Birthday February 16, 1936

• The temperature on February 16, 1936 was between 1.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
  • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
• 1935 » Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director († 2016)
• 1935 » Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1935 » Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician († 1998)
• 1935 » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer