Merricks Tree » Gerittje Jansen (1919-2013)

Birthday June 15, 1919

• The temperature on June 15, 1919 was between 2.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
  • May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
  • June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
  • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
  • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
  • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1918 » François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad († 1975)
• 1920 » Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1920 » Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress († 2008)
• 1920 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver († 1957)
• 1920 » Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man († 2012)