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Birthday August 31, 1924

• The temperature on August 31, 1924 was between 12.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
  • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
  • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician († 2014)
• 1924 » Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer († 2003)
• 1924 » Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer († 2015)
• 1924 » John Davidson, American physician and politician († 2012)
• 1925 » Maurice Pialat, French actor and director († 2003)
• 1925 » Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask († 2004)