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Birthday November 1, 1920

• The temperature on November 1, 1920 was between -2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  • April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
  • May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
  • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Source: Wikipedia

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