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Day of death May 26, 1927

• The temperature on May 26, 1927 was between 4.5 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

Source: Wikipedia

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