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Birthday November 25, 1927

• The temperature on November 25, 1927 was between -0.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer († 1977)
• 1926 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer († 1969)
• 1926 » Poul Anderson, American author († 2001)
• 1926 » Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India († 2012)
• 1927 » John K. Cooley, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1929 » Judy Crichton, American director and producer († 2007)