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Birthday March 5, 1920

• The temperature on March 5, 1920 was between 2.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1920 » Rachel Gurney, English actress († 2001)
• 1920 » Virginia Christine, American actress († 1996)
• 1920 » Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer († 1997)
• 1921 » Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach († 1998)