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Birthday August 30, 1936

• The temperature on August 30, 1936 was between 10.3 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
  • November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
  • November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman († 2016)
• 1935 » Alexandra Bellow, Romanian-American mathematician
• 1935 » John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2001)
• 1936 » Peter North, English scholar and academic
• 1937 » Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team († 1970)
• 1938 » Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia