Bayliss Family Tree » Albert J (Bill) Hodgkiss (1921-2000)

Birthday June 17, 1921

• The temperature on June 17, 1921 was between 4.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
  • October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1920 » Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1920 » Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey († 2018)
• 1920 » Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress († 2015)
• 1922 » John Amis, English journalist and critic († 2013)