About the day » Wednesday April 2, 1919Calender converter

• Anthonij Kole († 1999)
• Annie Schoone, Noordwijkerhout († 1992)
• Adriana Spaans, Scheveningen († 1994)
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• Antonius Bernardus (Toon) van der Wardt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Anastácia Junckes, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1999)
• Anthony Kole, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• Ate Dijkstra, Ee († 1986)
• Anna Niesje van Rinsum († 1995)
• Aaltje Johanna Feenstra, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)

• ANJE BEISHUIZEN (74), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Pen (86), Nederland (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aaldert Hekhuis (73), Emmen
• Anna Catharina Geeritsdr Oosterloo (68), Delft
• Andries Krijnsz Bouman (89), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Catharina Oosterloo (68), Vrijenban, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertha Maria Bartels (2), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia CAUWENBERG (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Bouman (89), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• Adriana Francina van Tuil (41), Zutphen

• 1914 » Alec Guinness, English actor († 2000)
• 1919 » Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier († 1981)
• 1920 » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant († 2004)
• 1920 » Jack Stokes, English animator and director († 2013)
• 1920 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1922 » John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State († 2015)
• 1923 » G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author († 2016)
• 1923 » Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 » Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1924 » Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player († 2004)

• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)

• 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.
• 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.
• February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
• March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

The temperature on April 2, 1919 was between -3.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.