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Birthday August 31, 1928

• The temperature on August 31, 1928 was between 9.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Maurice Pialat, French actor and director († 2003)
• 1925 » Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask († 2004)
• 1928 » Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal († 2005)
• 1928 » James Coburn, American actor († 2002)
• 1930 » Big Tiny Little, American pianist († 2010)
• 1931 » Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)