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Birthday December 11, 1932

• The temperature on December 11, 1932 was between -4.7 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
  • May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
  • July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator († 1990)
• 1931 » Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1931 » Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar († 2013)
• 1932 » Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer († 1991)
• 1932 » Keith Waldrop, American author and poet
• 1933 » Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines († 2019)