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Birthday April 17, 1919

• The temperature on April 17, 1919 was between 3.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
  • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
  • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
  • September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician († 1981)
• 1916 » Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar († 1989)
• 1918 » William Holden, American actor († 1981)
• 1919 » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2016)
• 1920 » Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author († 2016)