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Birthday March 9, 1928

• The temperature on March 9, 1928 was between -3.0 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Joe Franklin, American radio and television host († 2015)
• 1928 » Gerald Bull, Canadian-American engineer and academic († 1990)
• 1928 » Keely Smith, American singer and actress († 2017)
• 1929 » Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana († 2002)
• 1929 » Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh († 2013)
• 1930 » Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer († 2015)