Genealogy Van Gastel » Adriana Maria van Gastel (1926-1926)

Birthday February 9, 1926

• The temperature on February 9, 1926 was between -1.1 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
  • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
  • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1925 » John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
• 1926 » Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland († 2011)
• 1927 » Richard A. Long, American historian and author († 2013)
• 1928 » Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator († 2010)
• 1928 » Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach († 2005)