Database Van Broekhoven » Doodgeboren kind Claassen (1936)

Birthday February 7, 1936

• The temperature on February 7, 1936 was between -5.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
  • September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer, winger
• 1935 » Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician
• 1935 » Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author († 2015)
• 1936 » Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician
• 1937 » Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1937 » Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States