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Birthday July 24, 1918

• The temperature on July 24, 1918 was between 12.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
  • March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
  • April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
  • May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
  • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
  • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor († 2005)
• 1918 » Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator († 2012)
• 1919 » John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist († 2014)
• 1919 » Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, NASA manager († 2007)
• 1919 » Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge († 1999)