Database Van Broekhoven » Doodgeboren dochter Akkermans (1937)

Birthday January 25, 1937

• The temperature on January 25, 1937 was between -3.8 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
  • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
  • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
  • September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
  • November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
  • December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1937 » Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, President of the Central African Republic († 2011)
• 1938 » Etta James, American singer († 2012)
• 1938 » Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator
• 1938 » Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator († 1998)