Genealogy Rijk Meijer » Cornelia Wilhelmina Anna Spiekerman (1924-)

Birthday July 12, 1924

• The temperature on July 12, 1924 was between 16.1 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 23.9 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). 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 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.
  • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
  • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
  • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
  • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1923 » James E. Gunn, American science fiction author
• 1924 » Faidon Matthaiou, Greek basketball player and coach († 2011)
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• 1925 » Roger Smith, American businessman († 2007)
• 1927 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator († 1993)