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Historical events

  • The temperature on September 15, 1921 was between 9.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
    • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
    • 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.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
    • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.


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  • 1921 » Gene Roland, American pianist and composer († 1982)
  • 1921 » Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author († 2017)
  • 1922 » Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer († 2012)
  • 1922 » Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic († 2001)
  • 1922 » Jackie Cooper, American actor († 2011)

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Michael Jacobs, "Family tree Jacobs", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-michael-jacobs/I88878.php : accessed May 13, 2025), "Willem de Rooij (1921-)".