Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Dirk van Hemel (1928-< 2020)

Birthday January 26, 1928

• The temperature on January 26, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar († 2013)
• 1927 » Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout († 1985)
• 1927 » Hubert Schieth, German footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1927 » José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras († 2005)
• 1928 » Roger Vadim, French actor and director († 2000)
• 1929 » Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator