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Birthday December 1, 1920

• The temperature on December 1, 1920 was between 0.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
  • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
  • 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 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
  • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1917 » Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor († 1995)
• 1920 » Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha († 2014)
• 1921 » Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1922 » Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager († 1979)
• 1923 » Dick Shawn, American actor († 1987)