Kramer Family Tree » Mary Oddveig Baekkevold (1934-2021)

Birthday August 24, 1934

• The temperature on August 24, 1934 was between 8.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  • August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
  • September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1933 » Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English banker and manager († 2014)
• 1934 » Kenny Baker, English actor († 2016)
• 1936 » A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet