About the day » Thursday April 24, 1919Calender converter

• Anna Mae Ledkins, Bratt, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America († 2002)
• Anthony Scholten, Wheeler, Lyon County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Charley Shumway, Johnson, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Dorothea van den Akker, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1945)
• Christiaan de Kok, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Calvin Abraham, Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, United States († 1992)
• de Koster, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Cyril Arthur WHALE, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand († 2012)
• Cornelis Lars Hansson, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1988)
• Bastiaantje (Sjaan) van Beek, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1965)

• Anne Aalders (26), Rottum
• Armour McFarland (80), Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina den Biggelaar (9), Zevenbergen
• Adrianus Koopman (0), Assendelft NH NL
• Anthonie HOP (84), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Nagtegaal (44), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina (Anna) den Biggelaar (9), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gijsbertus Peek (26), Amsterdam
• Antje Nibbering (33)
• Adrianus Francois Tempelaar (27), Rotterdam

• 1914 » Justin Wilson, American chef and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1991)
• 1914 » William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1916 » Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer († 2002)
• 1919 » David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic († 2010)
• 1919 » Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus († 2013)
• 1920 » Gino Valenzano, Italian race car driver († 2011)
• 1922 » Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist and academic († 2014)
• 1923 » Doris Burn, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1923 » Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2005)

• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
• 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 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on April 24, 1919 was between 1.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.