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Birthday August 13, 1936

• The temperature on August 13, 1936 was between 11.3 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
  • March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1935 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1935 » Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1938 » Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)