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Birthday October 15, 1928

• The temperature on October 15, 1928 was between -0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • 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 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1926 » Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1926 » James E. Akins, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia († 2010)
• 1926 » Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher († 1984)
• 1927 » B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist († 2015)
• 1929 » Will Insley, American painter and architect († 2011)