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Birthday August 9, 1919

• The temperature on August 9, 1919 was between 9.6 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
  • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1918 » Albert Seedman, American police officer († 2013)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)
• 1919 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1987)
• 1919 » Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1920 » Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author († 2007)