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Birthday June 18, 1927

• The temperature on June 18, 1927 was between 11.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
  • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist († 2010)
• 1926 » Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author († 2001)
• 1926 » Tom Wicker, American journalist and author († 2011)
• 1927 » Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress († 1998)
• 1927 » Paul Eddington, English actor († 1995)
• 1928 » Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter