Lazarus tree » Zalmen Braunstein (1927-1927)

Birthday February 12, 1927

• The temperature on February 12, 1927 was between -4.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
  • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
  • May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Sir Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician († 1984)
• 1925 » Joan Mitchell, American-French painter († 1992)
• 1926 » Charles Van Doren, American academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player and sportscaster († 2016)
• 1926 » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator († 2014)
• 1928 » Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer († 2013)