Sherren Family Tree » Gilbert Ebenezer James Steere (1922-1995)

Birthday May 1, 1922

• The temperature on May 1, 1922 was between 4.7 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
  • May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
  • October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
  • November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
  • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author († 1991)
• 1922 » Alastair Gillespie, Canadian scholar and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop († 2012)
• 1923 » Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1999)
• 1923 » Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier († 1944)
• 1924 » Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic