Voornaeme Geslachte en Eenvoudige Luyde » Jacomina LOOREN de JONG (1914-1937)

Day of death May 28, 1937

• The temperature on May 28, 1937 was between 8.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
  • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
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