Family tree Glasmeier-Buhrs » Michiel Dirk Jacobus Jan (Michiel) Blom (1932-2010)

Birthday January 16, 1932

• The temperature on January 16, 1932 was between 4.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
  • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
  • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, 8th Federal President of Germany († 2006)
• 1931 » John Enderby, English physicist and academic
• 1931 » Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
• 1932 » Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist († 1985)
• 1932 » Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player († 1983)
• 1933 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic († 2004)