The Brown Tree » Bernard Cunningham (1860-1928)

Day of death September 13, 1928

• The temperature on September 13, 1928 was between 5.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)