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Birthday April 9, 1934

• The temperature on April 9, 1934 was between 5.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
  • June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
  • November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
  • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Fern Michaels, American author
• 1933 » Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer
• 1933 » René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist († 2014)
• 1934 » Bill Birch, New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance
• 1934 » Mariya Pisareva, Russian high jumper
• 1934 » Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer († 1962)