Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Levenloos Kamphuis (1918-)

Birthday June 16, 1918

• The temperature on June 16, 1918 was between 5.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
  • 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 It will be repealed less than two years later.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 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 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
  • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
  • December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Irving Penn, American photographer († 2009)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)