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Birthday October 6, 1919

• The temperature on October 6, 1919 was between 8.5 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
  • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)
• 1919 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president († 1995)
• 1919 » Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach († 1996)
• 1920 » John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge († 2005)