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Birthday February 12, 1928

• The temperature on February 12, 1928 was between 2.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1926 » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator († 2014)
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• 1930 » Arlen Specter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1930 » John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician († 2010)