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Birthday February 20, 1934

• The temperature on February 20, 1934 was between 2.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
  • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
  • June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
  • August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
  • August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  • November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author († 2007)
• 1934 » Bobby Unser, American race car driver
• 1935 » Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1936 » Larry Hovis, American actor and singer († 2003)
• 1936 » Marj Dusay, American actress († 2020)
• 1936 » Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach