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July 16, 1918Born on Wednesday July 17, 1918
- Bruno Oldeboom, Alteveer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1991)
- Alice Slabbinck, Laar († 1975)
- Adrianus (Arie) Ursem, Ursem, North Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
- ARIE VAN DE VISCH, Barneveld († 1919)
- Betsie Piller, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1945)
- Catharina Beatrix Huberta (Cato) Gooren, Swolgen, Li.NL († 1967)
- Albertus Johannes Brinkerink, Lonneker († 2002)
- Alida (Lida) Leers, Urmond († 2007)
- André Feys, Oekene († 2006)
- Antonie Jakob de Vries, Sneek († 2016)
Died on Wednesday July 17, 1918
- Adrianus Wagner (70), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alexei ROMANOV (13), Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
- Alexandra (Tsarina) of Hesse-Darmstadt (46), Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia
- Aleksej Romanov (13), Jekaterinenburg
- Alexandra Victoria von Hessen-Darmstadt (46), Jekaterineburg (Rusland), huize Ipatiev, vermoord
- Aleksej Nikolajevitsj van Rusland (13), Jekaterinenburg
- Albert ter Stal (59), Wierden, Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Alexandra Feodorovna Victoria Helene Luise Beatrix Hesse-Darmstadt Feodorovna Fyodorovna (46), Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
- Aleida Johanna Wagenvoord (55), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Alexandra Feodorovna Hesse-Darmstadt (46), Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, gorod Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (Executed by the Bolsheviks)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 17, 1918 at Delpher
Born on July 17
- 1915 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
- 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
- 1917 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
- 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
- 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
- 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)
- 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
- 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
- 1920 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser († 2005)
- 1920 » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee († 2010)
Died on July 17
- 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
- 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
- 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
- 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
- 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
- 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
- 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
- 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
- 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
- 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
Names that were popular for boys in 1918
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1918
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Marie
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1918
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
- January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
- March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
- December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
The weather on Wednesday July 17, 1918
The temperature on July 17, 1918 was between 17.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI