Descendants Heeres » NN Eilander (1920)

Birthday October 8, 1920

• The temperature on October 8, 1920 was between 9.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
  • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
  • October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
  • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)
• 1920 » Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author († 1986)
• 1921 » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist († 2010)