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Birthday August 28, 1921

• The temperature on August 28, 1921 was between 13.7 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher († 1995)
• 1919 » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1921 » Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright († 2007)
• 1921 » John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1921 » Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia († 2011)
• 1921 » Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier († 1991)