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Birthday August 23, 1921

• The temperature on August 23, 1921 was between 10.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
  • February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
  • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1921 » Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire († 1996)
• 1922 » George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1922 » Jean Darling, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1922 » Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic († 2007)