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Birthday December 2, 1919

• The temperature on December 2, 1919 was between 2.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • 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 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)
• 1916 » Howard Finster, American minister and painter († 2001)
• 1917 » Sylvia Syms, American singer († 1992)
• 1921 » Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal († 2015)
• 1922 » Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1923 » Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress († 1977)