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Birthday June 14, 1918

• The temperature on June 14, 1918 was between 11.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). 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.
  • January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
  • February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
  • June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
  • November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1918 » Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles († 2008)
• 1919 » Gene Barry, American actor († 2009)
• 1919 » Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director († 1993)