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Birthday January 26, 1920

• The temperature on January 26, 1920 was between 1.0 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
  • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)
• 1921 » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1999)
• 1921 » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records († 2005)