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Birthday December 5, 1924

• The temperature on December 5, 1924 was between 5.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Alvy Moore, American actor and producer († 1997)
• 1922 » Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist († 2011)
• 1922 » Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1924 » Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician († 1978)
• 1925 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua († 1980)
• 1926 » Adetowun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean