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Birthday June 4, 1936

• The temperature on June 4, 1936 was between 7.6 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 16.1 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
  • February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
  • July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1936 » Bruce Dern, American actor
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• 1937 » Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist († 2006)
• 1937 » Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties