FutureHistory » Maria Magdalena Joanna "Leine" (Maria Magdalena Joanna "Leine") Peeters (1920-2021)

Birthday July 11, 1920

• The temperature on July 11, 1920 was between 12.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
  • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
  • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
  • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1920 » Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1920 » Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author († 2010)
• 1922 » Fritz Riess, German-Swiss racing driver († 1991)
• 1922 » Gene Evans, American actor († 1998)
• 1923 » Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic († 2018)