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Birthday October 1, 1927

• The temperature on October 1, 1927 was between 8.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). 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.
  • January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
  • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1927 » Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge († 2006)
• 1927 » Tom Bosley, American actor († 2010)
• 1928 » George Peppard, American actor († 1994)
• 1928 » Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer († 1973)
• 1928 » Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver († 1969)