About the day » Friday July 4, 1919Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes Kroot, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Baron Kaspar of Fürstenberg, Oldenburg († 1928)
• Anna Maria Beentjes, Heemskerk († 1920)
• Anthonie Edel, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 1961)
• Catharina Maria Jansen, Hapert († 1975)
• Betty Mae van Vliet, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1958)
• Charles Herbert Nell, Ohio († 1980)
• Benjamin F. BUSH, Perry,MO († 1987)
• Anna Francisca Wilhelmina Muijzers, Merselo, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Bernardina Schmitz, Amsterdam († 1982)

• Barbar Coleta Dunslager (72), Kuurne
• Hagedoorn (0), Mussel
• Appolonia Vermeulen (61), Culemborg
• Albert Kiewiet (75), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Anna Catharina van den Oetelaar (71), Waalre
• Breindel BEHR (45)
• Catharina Rebergen (2), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Auktje Makken (18), Groningen
• Carel Gerardus Hennekam (60), Rotterdam
• Antonia Maria Johanna Schaap (23), Haarlem

• 1918 » Alec Bedser, English cricketer († 2010)
• 1918 » Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host († 2002)
• 1918 » Eric Bedser, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1918 » Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1918 » Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby († 2013)
• 1918 » King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, († 2006)
• 1920 » Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager († 1977)
• 1920 » Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman († 2007)
• 1920 » Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee († 2015)
• 1920 » Paul Bannai, American politician († 2019)

• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
• 1934 » Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)

• 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 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
• 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 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

The temperature on July 4, 1919 was between 6.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.