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Birthday October 12, 1919

• The temperature on October 12, 1919 was between -2.9 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
  • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
  • April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
  • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  • June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1919 » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier († 1943)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)
• 1920 » Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia († 1987)
• 1921 » Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby († 2010)
• 1921 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player († 2001)