Family tree Klavers » Johannes Antonius Franciscus "Johan" Sluijters (1928-2025)

Birthday February 1, 1928

• The temperature on February 1, 1928 was between 2.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1928 » Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician († 2008)
• 1930 » Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh († 2019)
• 1930 » Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh
• 1931 » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia († 2007)