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Birthday February 25, 1936

• The temperature on February 25, 1936 was between 0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
  • November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Tony Lema, American golfer; winner of the 1964 Open Championship († 1966)
• 1935 » Oktay Sinanoglu, Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist; two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry († 2015)
• 1937 » Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
• 1937 » Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor
• 1938 » Farokh Engineer, Indian international cricketer; successful as batsman and wicketkeeper
• 1938 » Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner; 1960 Olympic champion and world record holder