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Birthday May 13, 1928

• The temperature on May 13, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
  • 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

• 1927 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver († 1958)
• 1927 » Fred Hellerman, American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1927 » Herbert Ross, American actor, director, and producer († 2001)
• 1928 » Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1928 » Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
• 1929 » John Galvin, American general († 2015)