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Birthday March 19, 1928

• The temperature on March 19, 1928 was between 4.8 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer († 1964)
• 1925 » Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor († 2020)
• 1927 » Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1928 » Hans Küng, Swiss theologian and author
• 1928 » Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1931 » Emma Andijewska, Ukrainian poet, writer and painter