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Birthday October 8, 1928

• The temperature on October 8, 1928 was between 8.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1927 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator († 1956)
• 1928 » Bill Maynard, English actor († 2018)
• 1928 » Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2001)
• 1928 » M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
• 1928 » Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer