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Birthday April 29, 1938

• The temperature on April 29, 1938 was between 1.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• 1936 » Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor
• 1937 » Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator († 1997)
• 1937 » Jill Paton Walsh, English author
• 1938 » Bernard Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon
• 1938 » Klaus Voormann, German artist, bass player, and producer