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1936 in Netherlands

Explore 3 historical events and records for Netherlands in 1936.

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Historical records for Netherlands in 1936

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September

27 September 1936

Gold Standard

Colijn, Hendrikus · The Hague · Prime Minister of Netherlands · Government / Government of Netherlands

The Netherlands abandons the gold standard after sustained pressure on the guilder and its reserves.

December

December 1936

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Debye, Peter · Stockholm · Physicist · Science / Physics

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry after major research carried out during his Leipzig period.

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1936

Nobel Prize

Debye, Peter J. W. · Stockholm · Chemist · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions to molecular structure through studies of dipole moments and the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.

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