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Birthday January 25, 1928

• The temperature on January 25, 1928 was between 2.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). 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.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • 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 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist († 1994)
• 1928 » Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager († 2006)
• 1928 » Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia († 2014)
• 1928 » Jérôme Choquette, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1929 » Elizabeth Allen, American actress and singer († 2006)
• 1929 » Robert Faurisson, English-French author and academic († 2018)