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Birthday February 16, 1936

• The temperature on February 16, 1936 was between 1.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
  • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
  • July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
  • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1935 » Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1935 » Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician († 1998)
• 1935 » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer