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Birthday February 23, 1924

• The temperature on February 23, 1924 was between -3.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
  • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
  • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)