Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family » Eric Roy Cooper (1920-1965)

Birthday June 21, 1920

• The temperature on June 21, 1920 was between 10.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
  • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint († 1935)
• 1919 » Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist and politician († 1997)
• 1919 » Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti († 2013)
• 1919 » Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess player and coach († 1968)
• 1920 » Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater († 2017)
• 1921 » Judy Holliday, American actress and singer († 1965)