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Birthday September 11, 1928

• The temperature on September 11, 1928 was between 10.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman († 1996)
• 1927 » Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2011)
• 1928 » Earl Holliman, American actor
• 1928 » Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida († 2014)
• 1928 » William X. Kienzle, American priest and author († 2001)
• 1929 » Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2014)