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Birthday July 12, 1927

• The temperature on July 12, 1927 was between 14.4 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Conte Candoli, American trumpet player († 2001)
• 1927 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator († 1993)
• 1927 » Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman († 2011)
• 1927 » Jack Harshman, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1928 » Alastair Burnet, English journalist († 2012)
• 1928 » Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate