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Birthday May 12, 1934

• The temperature on May 12, 1934 was between 11.7 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
  • June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
  • June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
  • July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
  • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1933 » Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet († 2010)
• 1935 » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1935 » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1936 » Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama († 2009)
• 1936 » Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host († 2007)