Descendants Lavarne » NN Bloos (1918)

Birthday September 7, 1918

• The temperature on September 7, 1918 was between 8.6 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
  • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
  • September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
  • October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • 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

• 1917 » Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator († 2000)
• 1917 » John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1917 » Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian († 1992)
• 1918 » Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic († 2003)
• 1919 » Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach († 2004)
• 1920 » Harri Webb, Welsh journalist and poet († 1994)