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Birthday January 1, 1920

• The temperature on January 1, 1920 was between -0.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
  • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Carole Landis, American actress († 1948)
• 1919 » J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author († 2010)
• 1919 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor († 1990)
• 1920 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist († 2007)
• 1921 » César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1921 » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic († 1986)