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Birthday December 18, 1917

• The temperature on December 18, 1917 was between -6.0 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)
• 1920 » Robert Leckie, American soldier and author († 2001)