Genealogy Slot » Gerrit Jan Nijkamp (1919-1988)

Birthday September 27, 1919

• The temperature on September 27, 1919 was between 8.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
  • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
  • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
• 1918 » Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd († 2001)
• 1918 » Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1919 » Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician († 2011)
• 1919 » James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist († 1986)
• 1919 » Jayne Meadows, American actress and author († 2015)