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Birthday February 5, 1926

• The temperature on February 5, 1926 was between 2.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal († 2014)
• 1927 » Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot († 1977)
• 1927 » Robert Allen, American pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1928 » Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author († 2013)
• 1928 » P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist († 1997)
• 1928 » Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director († 1985)