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Birthday July 25, 1936

• The temperature on July 25, 1936 was between 11.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
  • March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
  • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

Source: Wikipedia

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