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Birthday April 21, 1923

• The temperature on April 21, 1923 was between 3.5 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1922 » Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1922 » Allan Watkins, Welsh-English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » John Mortimer, English lawyer and author († 2009)
• 1924 » Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player († 1965)
• 1925 » Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
• 1925 » John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire († 2018)