McNiven - Oliver Family tree » Doreen Marie Keough (1931-2000)

Birthday January 30, 1931

• The temperature on January 30, 1931 was between 0.2 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
  • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
  • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
  • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1930 » Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, South African Minister of Defence († 2011)
• 1931 » John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice († 2020)
• 1931 » Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2016)
• 1932 » Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician († 2007)