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Birthday December 25, 1919

• The temperature on December 25, 1919 was between -0.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
  • October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician († 2009)
• 1918 » Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1919 » Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director († 2006)
• 1919 » Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute († 1999)
• 1921 » Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author († 2000)