Geensen database » Anna Elisabeth "Anny" Blankert (1931-2019)

Birthday August 31, 1931

• The temperature on August 31, 1931 was between 12.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
  • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

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