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Birthday March 24, 1919

• The temperature on March 24, 1919 was between -3.2 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
  • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1919 » Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore
• 1919 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian († 2005)
• 1920 » Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1920 » Mary Stolz, American author († 2006)
• 1921 » Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player († 2010)