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Birthday November 9, 1923

• The temperature on November 9, 1923 was between -2.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
  • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

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