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1919 Aug, 25

Jaap Rijks

Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017)
Jacob "Jaap" Rijks (25 August 1919 – 11 February 2017) was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.

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Events on 1919

  • 5 Jan

    Nazi Party

    The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
  • 23 Mar

    Italian Fascism

    In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  • 4 May

    Treaty of Versailles

    May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • 19 May

    Turkish War of Independence

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
  • 29 May

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.