Scherek Arbol » Edith Emma Homburger (1920-> 1959)

Birthday December 20, 1920

• The temperature on December 20, 1920 was between -0.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 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.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

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