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Birthday January 14, 1924

• The temperature on January 14, 1924 was between 1.7 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author († 2017)
• 1923 » Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer († 2008)
• 1924 » Carole Cook, American actress and singer
• 1925 » Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina († 2013)
• 1925 » Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina († 2012)
• 1925 » Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1970)