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Birthday January 18, 1919

• The temperature on January 18, 1919 was between -0.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
  • April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
  • June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
  • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician († 1998)
• 1917 » Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2013)
• 1917 » Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman († 2008)
• 1918 » Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator († 1996)
• 1919 » Toni Turek, German footballer († 1984)
• 1921 » Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)