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Birthday July 11, 1918

• The temperature on July 11, 1918 was between 10.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
  • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1916 » Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia († 2014)
• 1916 » Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player († 2018)
• 1916 » Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner († 2019)
• 1916 » Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto († 2009)