Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Willemina Maria - Wilhemina Maria - Mina Heijnen (1936-2020)

Birthday May 2, 1936

• The temperature on May 2, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
  • October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
  • December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1935 » Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1936 » Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist
• 1936 » Michael Rabin, American violinist († 1972)
• 1936 » Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Klaus Enders, German motorcycle sidecar racer († 2019)