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Birthday May 15, 1926

• The temperature on May 15, 1926 was between 6.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1925 » Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia († 2014)
• 1925 » Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist († 2014)
• 1926 » Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1926 » Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 2006)
• 1926 » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter († 2016)