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Birthday August 31, 1923

• The temperature on August 31, 1923 was between 7.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
  • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1921 » Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic († 1988)
• 1924 » Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer († 2003)
• 1924 » Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer († 2015)
• 1924 » John Davidson, American physician and politician († 2012)
• 1925 » Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask († 2004)