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Birthday May 2, 1921

• The temperature on May 2, 1921 was between 6.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
  • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1920 » Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot († 2004)
• 1920 » Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor († 2004)
• 1920 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist († 2000)
• 1920 » Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player († 1983)
• 1921 » B. B. Lal, Indian archaeologist
• 1921 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)