Family tree Klavers » Geerard Haveman (1920-< 2019)

Birthday June 16, 1920

• The temperature on June 16, 1920 was between 11.7 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
  • February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
  • 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.
  • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
  • 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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• 1920 » Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)
• 1922 » Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2011)