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Birthday March 17, 1931

• The temperature on March 17, 1931 was between -1.4 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
  • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1991)
• 1930 » Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist († 2014)
• 1931 » David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist († 2001)
• 1931 » Patricia Breslin, American actress († 2011)
• 1933 » Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
• 1933 » Penelope Lively, English author