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Birthday April 4, 1919

• The temperature on April 4, 1919 was between -2.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
  • June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
  • 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.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach († 2005)
• 1916 » Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th President of Serbia († 2005)
• 1918 » George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords († 2007)
• 1920 » Ignatius IV of Antioch, Greek patriarch († 2012)
• 1920 » Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator († 2014)
• 1921 » Elizabeth Wilson, American actress († 2015)