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Birthday October 29, 1919

• The temperature on October 29, 1919 was between -3.6 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan († 2014)
• 1921 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist († 2003)