Family tree Chodzynski » Gerrit Ruurd Fokkema (1923-2019)

Birthday June 6, 1923

• The temperature on June 6, 1923 was between 4.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
  • October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
  • October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
  • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster († 2004)
• 1923 » V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1986)
• 1925 » Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation († 2013)
• 1925 » Maxine Kumin, American poet and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Erdal Inönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey († 2007)
• 1926 » Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator († 2009)