Database Van Broekhoven » Doodgeboren kind Goorts (1937)

Birthday September 18, 1937

• The temperature on September 18, 1937 was between 10.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
  • July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
  • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
  • September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
  • November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1935 » Peter Clarke, English cartoonist († 2012)
• 1936 » Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)
• 1937 » Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician († 2009)
• 1937 » Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 » Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer († 2014)