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Birthday February 18, 1923

• The temperature on February 18, 1923 was between -10 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
  • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
  • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
  • 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.
  • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher († 1998)
• 1921 » Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer († 2013)
• 1922 » Allan Melvin, American actor († 2008)
• 1922 » Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada († 1997)
• 1922 » Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author († 2012)
• 1925 » George Kennedy, American actor († 2016)