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Birthday January 16, 1919

• The temperature on January 16, 1919 was between 5.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (65%). 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.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
  • March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1918 » Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator († 2005)
• 1918 » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1919 » Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic († 2012)
• 1920 » Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver († 1991)