Descendants Schrier » Anna Francina Verdouw (1938-2011)

Birthday November 18, 1938

• The temperature on November 18, 1938 was between 5.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop († 2012)
• 1938 » Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
• 1938 » Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
• 1939 » Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1939 » Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic
• 1939 » Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords