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Birthday September 23, 1928

• The temperature on September 23, 1928 was between 3.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch († 2013)
• 1926 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer († 1967)
• 1928 » Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer († 2011)
• 1928 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor († 1995)
• 1930 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor († 1987)
• 1930 » Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 1996)