Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Anna Theresia Groenestege (1927-2023)

Birthday January 30, 1927

• The temperature on January 30, 1927 was between 1.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
  • December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse († 2013)
• 1927 » Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden († 1986)
• 1928 » Harold Prince, American director and producer († 2019)
• 1929 » Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer († 1994)
• 1929 » Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta († 2005)
• 1929 » Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian († 1996)