Genealogy Van Raam » Kind Vleeschhouwer (1920)

Birthday October 21, 1920

• The temperature on October 21, 1920 was between -3.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
  • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
  • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
  • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot († 2013)
• 1921 » Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor († 2013)
• 1921 » Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic († 2015)
• 1921 » Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer († 2013)
• 1921 » Malcolm Arnold, English composer († 2006)
• 1921 » Robert Clothier, Canadian actor († 1999)