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Birthday January 4, 1919

• The temperature on January 4, 1919 was between 4.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
  • 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 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
  • 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 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
  • November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)
• 1920 » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence († 1996)
• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)