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Birthday April 23, 1928

• The temperature on April 23, 1928 was between -0.8 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader († 2007)
• 1924 » Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout († 2019)
• 1926 » J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright († 2017)
• 1926 » Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician († 1990)
• 1928 » Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat († 2014)
• 1929 » George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic († 2020)