Fleege, Poduska, Dinsmore & Dickinson Genealogy » Walter WEST (1921-1986)

Birthday November 15, 1921

• The temperature on November 15, 1921 was between -2.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
  • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Carol Bruce, American singer and actress († 2007)
• 1919 » Joseph Wapner, American lieutenant and judge († 2017)
• 1920 » Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1922 » David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic († 2019)
• 1922 » Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1922 » Francis Brunn, German juggler († 2004)