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Birthday January 12, 1930

• The temperature on January 12, 1930 was between 0.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
  • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
  • July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
  • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
  • November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

Source: Wikipedia

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