Family tree Klavers » Hendrikje Schoonbeek (1928-< 2024)

Birthday May 12, 1928

• The temperature on May 12, 1928 was between 2.7 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
  • 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 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1926 » Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer († 2011)
• 1926 » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal († 2013)
• 1928 » Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1929 » Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1929 » Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
• 1930 » Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter († 2013)