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Birthday July 18, 1908

• The temperature on July 18, 1908 was between 11.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
  • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
  • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
  • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
  • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
  • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer († 1944)
• 1908 » Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist († 1981)
• 1909 » Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1989)
• 1909 » Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic († 1982)
• 1909 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan († 1978)