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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 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
  • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  • May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
  • August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
  • November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.

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)