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Birthday April 18, 1919

• The temperature on April 18, 1919 was between 2.9 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • 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 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » André Bazin, French critic and theorist († 1958)
• 1918 » Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes († 2001)
• 1918 » Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1918 » Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1919 » Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending († 2002)
• 1919 » Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer († 2001)