Family tree Dijkxhoorn » Alvin J. ('Bud') Rosema (1928-2021)

Birthday June 24, 1928

• The temperature on June 24, 1928 was between 8.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet († 1997)
• 1927 » James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy († 2014)
• 1927 » Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 2014)
• 1929 » Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer
• 1930 » Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1930 » Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist († 2019)