The temperature on August 12, 1919 was between 8.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
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.
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