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Birthday February 19, 1935

• The temperature on February 19, 1935 was between 4.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
  • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
  • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
  • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
  • April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
  • September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster († 2010)
• 1935 » Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach († 2016)
• 1936 » Frederick Seidel, American poet
• 1936 » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1937 » Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1937 » Terry Carr, American author and educator († 1987)