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Birthday December 2, 1926

• The temperature on December 2, 1926 was between -3 °C and -1 °C and averaged -2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State († 2010)
• 1924 » Else Marie Pade, Danish composer († 2016)
• 1924 » Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor († 2012)
• 1924 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1925 » Julie Harris, American actress († 2013)
• 1928 » Guy Bourdin, French photographer († 1991)