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Birthday April 25, 1920

• The temperature on April 25, 1920 was between 7.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
  • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer († 1996)
• 1918 » Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress († 2006)
• 1918 » Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic († 1995)
• 1918 » Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer († 2005)
• 1919 » Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater († 2011)
• 1921 » Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor († 2006)