Genealogy Romeijnders » Carolina Wilhelmina Vink (1922-1922)

Birthday August 20, 1922

• The temperature on August 20, 1922 was between 11.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
  • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
  • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
  • August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
  • September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
  • November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

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