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Birthday May 6, 1926

• The temperature on May 6, 1926 was between 3.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2002)
• 1924 » Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer († 1992)
• 1924 » Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor († 2014)
• 1924 » Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author († 2006)
• 1926 » Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois († 2006)
• 1929 » Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic