Genealogy Wylie » Robert Kenneth Benton (1934-> 1992)

Birthday August 11, 1934

• The temperature on August 11, 1934 was between 11.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
  • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
  • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
  • May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
  • June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
  • October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)
• 1933 » Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host († 2007)
• 1933 » Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer († 1999)
• 1933 » Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
• 1934 » Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic († 2015)