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Birthday February 9, 1928

• The temperature on February 9, 1928 was between 5.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Richard A. Long, American historian and author († 2013)
• 1928 » Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator († 2010)
• 1928 » Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach († 2005)
• 1928 » Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929 » A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2014)
• 1929 » Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor († 2005)