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Birthday January 30, 1924

• The temperature on January 30, 1924 was between 1.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. 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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
  • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
  • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1922 » Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director († 2008)
• 1923 » Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author († 2013)
• 1924 » Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1924 » S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse († 2013)
• 1927 » Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden († 1986)