Stewart/Humm Family Tree » Desmond Douglas Shierlaw (1928-2004)

Birthday April 9, 1928

• The temperature on April 9, 1928 was between 4.8 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1927 » Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player († 2019)
• 1928 » Paul Arizin, American basketball player († 2006)
• 1928 » Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
• 1929 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist († 1993)
• 1929 » Paule Marshall, American author and academic († 2019)
• 1929 » Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian sarod player and scholar († 2008)