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Birthday February 3, 1928

• The temperature on February 3, 1928 was between -0.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 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 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • 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.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » E. P. Thompson, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1925 » John Fiedler, American actor († 2005)
• 1925 » Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian († 2017)
• 1926 » Hans-Jochen Vogel, German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin († 2020)
• 1927 » Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines († 2003)
• 1927 » Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter