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Birthday November 24, 1936

• The temperature on November 24, 1936 was between -3.0 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
  • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
  • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
  • October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
  • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer († 1998)
• 1935 » Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain
• 1935 » Mordicai Gerstein, American author, illustrator, and director († 2019)
• 1935 » Ron Dellums, American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland († 2018)
• 1938 » Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO