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Birthday January 7, 1928

• The temperature on January 7, 1928 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park († 1995)
• 1926 » Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2018)
• 1928 » William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1929 » Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1929 » Terry Moore, American actress
• 1931 » Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier († 2013)