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Birthday July 8, 1920

• The temperature on July 8, 1920 was between 12.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Irwin Hasen, American illustrator († 2015)
• 1918 » Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot († 2002)
• 1918 » Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2009)
• 1919 » Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany († 2016)
• 1920 » Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman († 1995)
• 1921 » John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, responsible for controversial sexual identity study on David Reimer († 2006)