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Birthday January 16, 1927

• The temperature on January 16, 1927 was between 2.0 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
  • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Katy Jurado, Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1925 » James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot († 2013)
• 1925 » Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic
• 1928 » Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress († 1996)
• 1928 » William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
• 1929 » Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic († 2014)