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Birthday July 1, 1921

• The temperature on July 1, 1921 was between 9.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • 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.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
  • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1920 » Harold Sakata, Japanese-American wrestler and actor († 1982)
• 1920 » Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist († 2007)
• 1920 » Joseph G. Williams, American musician
• 1921 » Arthur Johnson, Canadian canoeist († 2003)
• 1921 » Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist († 2005)
• 1921 » Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana († 1980)