Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » OG Roos (1920-1920)

Birthday December 15, 1920

• The temperature on December 15, 1920 was between -8.6 °C and -4.0 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
  • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
  • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1918 » Jeff Chandler, American actor († 1961)
• 1919 » Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair († 1973)
• 1920 » Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar († 2013)
• 1920 » Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator († 2002)
• 1921 » Alan Freed, American radio host († 1965)