Family tree Klavers » Johannes Gerhardus Belt (1927-< 2024)

Birthday April 18, 1927

• The temperature on April 18, 1927 was between 6.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
  • May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
  • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Doug Insole, English cricketer († 2017)
• 1927 » Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 2015)
• 1927 » Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic († 2008)
• 1927 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland († 2013)
• 1928 » Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian († 2015)
• 1928 » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic († 2014)