Family tree Klavers » Willem Roelof Krekel (1923-< 2022)

Birthday May 7, 1923

• The temperature on May 7, 1923 was between 9.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • 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.
  • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
  • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1923 » Anne Baxter, American actress († 1985)
• 1923 » Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey († 2015)
• 1923 » Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host († 2016)
• 1924 » Albert Band, French-American director and producer († 2002)