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Birthday February 7, 1928

• The temperature on February 7, 1928 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • 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).
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2009)
• 1927 » Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress
• 1927 » Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor († 1973)
• 1927 » Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach († 1975)
• 1928 » Lincoln D. Faurer, American general († 2014)
• 1929 » Jim Langley, English international footballer, full back and manager († 2007)