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Birthday July 29, 1927

• The temperature on July 29, 1927 was between 9.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
  • July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1925 » Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic († 2014)
• 1925 » Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1925 » Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1926 » Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright († 2010)