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Birthday May 9, 1919

• The temperature on May 9, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
  • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
  • 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.
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host († 2012)
• 1918 » Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2003)
• 1919 » Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist († 2013)
• 1920 » Richard Adams, English novelist († 2016)
• 1920 » William Tenn, English-American author and academic († 2010)