Descendants Lavarne » Christina Nieuwenhuis (1920-)

Birthday January 22, 1920

• The temperature on January 22, 1920 was between 1.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
  • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1919 » Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout († 1977)
• 1920 » Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach († 1999)
• 1920 » Irving Kristol, American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest († 2009)
• 1922 » Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic († 1987)
• 1923 » Diana Douglas, British-American actress († 2015)