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Birthday March 20, 1926

• The temperature on March 20, 1926 was between -1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
  • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
  • June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1925 » John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel († 1999)
• 1927 » John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic († 2019)
• 1928 » Fred Rogers, American television host and producer († 2003)
• 1928 » James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer († 2013)
• 1928 » Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach († 2002)