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Birthday December 10, 1919

• The temperature on December 10, 1919 was between -5.8 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). 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.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
  • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
  • October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1918 » Anne Gwynne, American actress († 2003)
• 1919 » Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor († 2008)
• 1920 » Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author († 1977)
• 1920 » Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer († 2002)
• 1920 » Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer († 1998)