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Birthday March 12, 1937

• The temperature on March 12, 1937 was between 3.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
  • September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
  • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
  • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1938 » Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor, († 2010)