Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Lorne Eliot Young (1919-1975)

Birthday March 25, 1919

• The temperature on March 25, 1919 was between -5.6 and 5.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (69%). 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
  • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
  • October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author († 1995)
• 1920 » Patrick Troughton, English actor († 1987)
• 1920 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright († 1978)
• 1920 » Usha Mehta, Gandhian and freedom fighter of India († 2000)
• 1921 » Nancy Kelly, American actress († 1995)
• 1921 » Simone Signoret, French actress († 1985)