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Birthday July 22, 1921

• The temperature on July 22, 1921 was between 7.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). 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.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
  • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » William Roth, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1923 » Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1923 » César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1924 » Margaret Whiting, American singer († 2011)
• 1925 » Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer († 2014)