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Birthday February 25, 1920

• The temperature on February 25, 1920 was between -1.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
  • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 († 1995)
• 1919 » Monte Irvin, American baseball player and executive († 2016)
• 1920 » Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs († 1992)
• 1921 » Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1921 » Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1970)
• 1922 » Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator († 1980)