1952 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres 1943 Event Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1933 Event 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1887 Birthday Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor and playwright, Fatherland 1854 Birthday Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer, To my Fatherland 1713 Birthday Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet, Fatherland
