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Birthday April 27, 1938

• The temperature on April 27, 1938 was between 3.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Richard Perham, English biologist and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop
• 1937 » Sandy Dennis, American actress († 1992)
• 1938 » Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player († 1986)
• 1938 » Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster († 2001)
• 1939 » Judy Carne, English actress and comedian († 2015)