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Birthday December 14, 1922

• The temperature on December 14, 1922 was between -0.6 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
  • May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
  • October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
  • October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1922 » Junior J. Spurrier, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1984)
• 1922 » Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1923 » Gerard Reve, Dutch-Belgian author and poet († 2006)
• 1924 » Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer († 1988)