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Birthday August 7, 1934

• The temperature on August 7, 1934 was between 13.4 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
  • June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
  • July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
  • October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Alberto Romulo, Filipino politician and diplomat
• 1933 » Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager
• 1933 » Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1933 » Jerry Pournelle, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1934 » Sándor Simó, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1935 » Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist and composer († 1977)