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Birthday March 19, 1928

• The temperature on March 19, 1928 was between 5.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer († 1964)
• 1925 » Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor († 2020)
• 1927 » Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1928 » Hans Küng, Swiss theologian and author
• 1928 » Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1931 » Emma Andijewska, Ukrainian poet, writer and painter