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Birthday March 11, 1938

• The temperature on March 11, 1938 was between 1.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (81%). 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 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.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
  • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States († 2016)
• 1936 » Hollis Frampton, American director, screenwriter, and photographer († 1984)
• 1938 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2011)
• 1939 » Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 » Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal
• 1940 » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter († 2019)