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Birthday April 30, 1923

• The temperature on April 30, 1923 was between 6.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
  • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  • October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS († 2014)
• 1922 » Anton Murray, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1923 » Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna († 2004)
• 1923 » Percy Heath, American bassist († 2005)
• 1924 » Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author († 2008)
• 1925 » Corinne Calvet, French actress († 2001)