Database Van Broekhoven » Doodgeboren kind Rekkers (1938)

Birthday August 25, 1938

• The temperature on August 25, 1938 was between 5.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
  • October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management († 2009)
• 1937 » Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer († 2019)
• 1937 » Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 » David Canary, American actor († 2015)
• 1938 » Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 » John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer