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Birthday December 29, 1920

• The temperature on December 29, 1920 was between 7.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
  • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
  • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author († 2014)
• 1919 » Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1920 » Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet († 1995)
• 1921 » Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia († 2014)
• 1922 » Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1922 » William Gaddis, American author and academic († 1998)