Family tree Klavers » Berend Jan Meijer (1920-< 2019)

Birthday June 24, 1920

• The temperature on June 24, 1920 was between 7.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
  • February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
  • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author († 2013)
• 1918 » Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education († 2012)
• 1919 » Al Molinaro, American actor († 2015)
• 1921 » Gerhard Sommer, German soldier
• 1922 » Jack Carter, American actor and comedian († 2015)
• 1922 » John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic († 2014)