Carter-Aaron tree » Ernest Albert Mills (1904-1998)

Christening day January 13, 1918

• The temperature on January 13, 1918 was between -0.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
  • April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
  • May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
  • June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
  • October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
  • November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.

Day of death September 4, 1998

• The temperature on September 4, 1998 was between 14.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
  • July 10 » Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
  • August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
  • September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
  • November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
  • December 4 » The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
• 1997 » Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)