January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of marriage April 21, 1919
The temperature on April 21, 1919 was between 2.5 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
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