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Birthday August 21, 1927

• The temperature on August 21, 1927 was between 13.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
  • May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
  • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator († 1999)
• 1927 » Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2018)
• 1928 » Addison Farmer, American bassist († 1963)
• 1928 » Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
• 1928 » Bud McFadin, American football player († 2006)
• 1929 » Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician († 2014)