Database Van Broekhoven » Hendricus Martinus Wallenburg (1928-2001)

Birthday May 24, 1928

• The temperature on May 24, 1928 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director († 1994)
• 1926 » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1928 » William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer († 2016)
• 1932 » Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer († 2016)