Stewart/Humm Family Tree » Ian William Stewart (1928-1997)

Birthday April 23, 1928

• The temperature on April 23, 1928 was between -0.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
  • 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.
  • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
  • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader († 2007)
• 1924 » Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout († 2019)
• 1926 » J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright († 2017)
• 1926 » Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician († 1990)
• 1928 » Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat († 2014)
• 1929 » George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic († 2020)