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Birthday February 15, 1919

• The temperature on February 15, 1919 was between -0.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). 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 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • 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 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress († 1999)
• 1918 » Allan Arbus, Jewish-American actor and photographer († 2013)
• 1918 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1919 » Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1920 » Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player († 2010)
• 1920 » Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1997)