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Birthday May 25, 1936

• The temperature on May 25, 1936 was between 4.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  • August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
  • December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Cookie Gilchrist, American football player († 2011)
• 1935 » John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic
• 1935 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress († 1988)
• 1935 » W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer († 2016)
• 1936 » Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer († 2013)
• 1936 » Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist