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Birthday February 15, 1928

• The temperature on February 15, 1928 was between 7.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Frank Dunlop, English actor and director
• 1927 » Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian († 2008)
• 1927 » Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar († 2013)
• 1928 » Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator († 2014)
• 1928 » Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog († 2014)
• 1929 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman († 1975)