Family tree Geerts_Gries_Striekwold_Hilders » Cornelia Maria DEKKERS (1927-2008)

Birthday August 2, 1927

• The temperature on August 2, 1927 was between 10.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
  • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
  • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
  • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)