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Birthday September 24, 1938

• The temperature on September 24, 1938 was between 14.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
  • September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets († 1990)
• 1936 » Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman († 2013)
• 1938 » Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer († 1993)
• 1939 » Jacques Vallée, French ufologist
• 1939 » Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist († 2015)
• 1939 » Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer († 2014)