Van Laarhoven Family tree » Delvin Schobel (1928-2011)

Birthday September 10, 1928

• The temperature on September 10, 1928 was between 12.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 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.
  • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
  • 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

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• 1928 » Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche († 2019)
• 1928 » Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician
• 1928 » Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute († 1989)
• 1929 » John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator († 2012)
• 1929 » Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker († 1997)