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Birthday March 24, 1921

• The temperature on March 24, 1921 was between 4.1 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore
• 1919 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian († 2005)
• 1920 » Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1920 » Mary Stolz, American author († 2006)
• 1921 » Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player († 2010)
• 1922 » Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer († 2005)