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Birthday May 21, 1936

• The temperature on May 21, 1936 was between 5.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
  • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
  • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
  • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 » Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader
• 1934 » Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author († 2013)
• 1935 » Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player and bandleader († 2013)
• 1936 » Günter Blobel, Polish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1938 » Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer († 2011)