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Birthday January 21, 1919

• The temperature on January 21, 1919 was between -2.9 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (66%). 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.
  • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
  • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • 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.
  • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
  • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Erling Persson, H&M founder († 2002)
• 1918 » Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor († 1989)
• 1918 » Jimmy Hagan, English footballer († 1998)
• 1918 » Richard Winters, American soldier († 2011)
• 1919 » Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot († 2016)
• 1920 » Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados († 1987)