Lazarus tree » Shirley Rosalyn Kosberg (1928-1991)

Birthday April 3, 1928

• The temperature on April 3, 1928 was between 2.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer († 2012)
• 1928 » Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1928 » Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue († 2018)
• 1928 » Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television personality († 1999)
• 1929 » Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center († 1982)