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Birthday October 3, 1927

• The temperature on October 3, 1927 was between 3.7 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
  • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
  • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist († 1993)
• 1925 » George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1925 » Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic († 2012)
• 1928 » Edward L. Moyers, American businessman († 2006)
• 1928 » Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer († 1986)
• 1928 » Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General