Database Van Broekhoven » Martinus Antonius Koolen (1930-2019)

Birthday April 9, 1930

• The temperature on April 9, 1930 was between 5.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
  • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
  • March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
  • April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
  • July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
  • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

Source: Wikipedia

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