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Birthday February 22, 1921

• The temperature on February 22, 1921 was between -0.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  • October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
  • October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1923 » Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1923 » François Cavanna, French author and editor († 2014)