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Birthday July 8, 1919

• The temperature on July 8, 1919 was between 11.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • 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 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
  • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Edward B. Giller, U.S Major General († 2017)
• 1918 » Irwin Hasen, American illustrator († 2015)
• 1918 » Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 († 2008)
• 1918 » Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot († 2002)
• 1918 » Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2009)
• 1919 » Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany († 2016)