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Born on Friday February 27, 1925
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Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 27, 1925 at Delpher


Born on February 27
  • 1921 » Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator († 2014)
  • 1922 » Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar († 1977)
  • 1923 » Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor († 1990)
  • 1925 » Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor († 2002)
  • 1925 » Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer († 2015)
  • 1926 » David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
  • 1927 » Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist
  • 1928 » René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player
  • 1929 » Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
  • 1929 » Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster († 2008)

Died on February 27

Names that were popular for boys in 1925
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1925
  • 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
  • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
Weather February 27, 1925

The temperature on February 27, 1925 was between 4.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI