Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrica Johanna Maria Heesterbeek (1928-2021)

Birthday July 28, 1928

• The temperature on July 28, 1928 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1927 » John Ashbery, American poet († 2017)
• 1929 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States († 1994)
• 1929 » Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer († 2014)
• 1930 » Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist († 1998)