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Birthday May 23, 1918

• The temperature on May 23, 1918 was between 9.0 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
  • February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
  • March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
  • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
  • November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
  • 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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• 1919 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright († 1988)
• 1919 » Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate († 2012)
• 1920 » Helen O'Connell, American singer († 1993)