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Birthday October 23, 1928

• The temperature on October 23, 1928 was between 6.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 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.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • 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.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach († 2013)
• 1927 » Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher († 2009)
• 1927 » Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer († 1977)
• 1929 » Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist († 2006)
• 1930 » Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor
• 1930 » Unto Mononen, Finnish musician († 1968)