Family tree Van der Heide/Brus/Schuurman/Lammers » Aaltje "Alie" van der Heide (1927-2021)

Birthday April 2, 1927

• The temperature on April 2, 1927 was between 0.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
  • July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
  • December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
  • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1927 » Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army († 2014)
• 1927 » Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic († 1980)
• 1927 » Rita Gam, American actress († 2016)