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Birthday May 22, 1919

• The temperature on May 22, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • 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.
  • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
  • November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1917 » Jean-Louis Curtis, French author († 1995)
• 1919 » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2001)
• 1920 » Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic († 2004)
• 1921 » George S. Hammond, American scientist († 2005)
• 1922 » Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer († 1987)