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Birthday August 8, 1929

• The temperature on August 8, 1929 was between 10.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
  • July 27 » The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
  • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
  • November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
  • December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach († 1994)
• 1928 » Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player († 2020)
• 1929 » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist († 2004)
• 1929 » Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia († 2018)
• 1930 » Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1930 » Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter († 1997)