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Birthday February 6, 1919

• The temperature on February 6, 1919 was between -4.8 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
  • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
  • 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 » Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2008)
• 1917 » Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite († 2016)
• 1918 » Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author and painter († 2007)
• 1919 » Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman († 2013)
• 1921 » Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player († 2012)
• 1921 » Carl Neumann Degler, American historian and author († 2014)