The temperature on June 7, 1918 was between 4.5 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
Day of death October 26, 1918
The temperature on October 26, 1918 was between 2.2 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
March 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
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