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Birthday November 4, 1932

• The temperature on November 4, 1932 was between 5.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
  • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
  • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
  • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
  • November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
  • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

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