Family tree Glasmeier-Buhrs » Wilhelmus Johannes (Wim) van der Lans (1928-2018)

Birthday March 3, 1928

• The temperature on March 3, 1928 was between -1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Barney Martin, American police officer and actor († 2005)
• 1923 » Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician († 2012)
• 1924 » Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 1926 » James Merrill, American poet and playwright († 1995)
• 1927 » Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1930 » Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania