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Birthday October 7, 1923

• The temperature on October 7, 1923 was between 6.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1922 » Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1922 » William Zinsser, American journalist and critic († 2015)
• 1923 » Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director († 2012)
• 1923 » Irma Grese, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1923 » Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor († 2002)