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Birthday February 7, 1920

• The temperature on February 7, 1920 was between -1.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  • February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
  • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
  • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1919 » Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient († 2006)
• 1919 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman († 1989)
• 1920 » An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories († 1990)
• 1920 » Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author († 2016)
• 1921 » Athol Rowan, South African cricketer († 1998)
• 1922 » Hattie Jacques, English actress († 1980)