Kolks Family Tree » infant Kreftmeyer (1928-1928)

Birthday June 6, 1928

• The temperature on June 6, 1928 was between 7.8 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Maxine Kumin, American poet and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Erdal Inönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey († 2007)
• 1926 » Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor († 1998)
• 1926 » Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1929 » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician († 2005)
• 1930 » Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist († 2015)