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Birthday February 14, 1932

• The temperature on February 14, 1932 was between -1.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
  • July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
  • July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
  • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
  • September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1929 » Vic Morrow, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1931 » Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2006)
• 1931 » Brian Kelly, American actor and director († 2005)
• 1932 » Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
• 1934 » Florence Henderson, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1935 » David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong