Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Gerardus Mathijssen (1930-2020)

Birthday January 27, 1930

• The temperature on January 27, 1930 was between -2.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
  • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
  • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
  • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
  • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1929 » Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman
• 1930 » Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1931 » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1931 » Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, English lieutenant and businessman