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Birthday February 25, 1931

• The temperature on February 25, 1931 was between 2.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
  • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
  • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1928 » A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal court judge († 1998)
• 1928 » Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter; creator and producer of M*A*S*H TV series († 2009)
• 1928 » Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman; winner of four Olympic gold medals, 1948–1960 († 2016)
• 1928 » Richard G. Stern, American author and academic († 2013)
• 1932 » Faron Young, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist; member of Country Music Hall of Fame († 1996)
• 1932 » Tony Brooks, English racing driver; six Formula One victories, second in 1959 World Championship