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Birthday November 24, 1936

• The temperature on November 24, 1936 was between -3.0 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
  • September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer († 1998)
• 1935 » Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain
• 1935 » Mordicai Gerstein, American author, illustrator, and director († 2019)
• 1935 » Ron Dellums, American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland († 2018)
• 1938 » Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO