Family tree Klavers » Albert van der Laan (1928-< 2024)

Birthday May 2, 1928

• The temperature on May 2, 1928 was between 10.8 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • 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 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
  • 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).
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1927 » Michael Broadbent, British wine critic and writer († 2020)
• 1927 » Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer († 2009)
• 1928 » Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt, French writer and translator of German origin
• 1928 » Hans Trass, Estonian ecologist and botanist († 2017)
• 1928 » Horst Stein, German conductor († 2008)