Family tree Klavers » Gerrit Jan Kolenbrander (1923-2020)

Birthday February 2, 1923

• The temperature on February 2, 1923 was between 9.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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 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 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • 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.
  • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
  • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Bonita Granville, American actress and producer († 1988)
• 1923 » James Dickey, American poet and novelist († 1997)
• 1923 » Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1923 » Liz Smith, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1923 » Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2018)
• 1923 » Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)