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Birthday July 26, 1928

• The temperature on July 26, 1928 was between 14.5 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • 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.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1928 » Don Beauman, English race car driver († 1955)
• 1928 » Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer and director
• 1928 » Francesco Cossiga, Italian academic and politician, 8th President of Italy († 2010)
• 1928 » Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet († 1980)
• 1928 » Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of Michael Jackson († 2018)
• 1928 » Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1999)