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Birthday May 15, 1924

• The temperature on May 15, 1924 was between 12.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
  • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
  • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1923 » Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer († 2004)
• 1924 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist († 1971)
• 1925 » Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1925 » Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia († 2014)
• 1925 » Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist († 2014)