Genealogische gegevens uit Noord-Oost Overijssel » Hendrik Holtvoort (1921-± 1987)

Birthday July 2, 1921

• The temperature on July 2, 1921 was between 7.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
  • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
  • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1922 » Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer
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• 1923 » Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)