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Birthday March 29, 1938

• The temperature on March 29, 1938 was between 8.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • 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.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Gordon Milne, English footballer
• 1937 » Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor († 2013)
• 1937 » Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti († 2012)
• 1938 » Bert de Vries, Dutch politician
• 1939 » Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 2008)
• 1939 » Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer