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Birthday April 11, 1936

• The temperature on April 11, 1936 was between 1.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
  • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
  • September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
  • October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1934 » Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright
• 1935 » Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1936 » Brian Noble, English bishop († 2019)
• 1937 » Jill Gascoine, English actress and author
• 1938 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager († 2013)