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Birthday April 28, 1924

• The temperature on April 28, 1924 was between 6.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
  • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Carolyn Cassady, American author († 2013)
• 1923 » William Guarnere, American sergeant († 2014)
• 1924 » Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist († 2009)
• 1924 » Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia
• 1925 » T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan († 1996)