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Birthday January 12, 1920

• The temperature on January 12, 1920 was between 5.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
  • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
  • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1917 » Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2007)
• 1920 » James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality († 1999)
• 1920 » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic († 2009)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)