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Birthday June 18, 1920

• The temperature on June 18, 1920 was between 12.1 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
  • October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1918 » Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1919 » Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1920 » Ian Carmichael, English actor and singer († 2010)
• 1920 » Lode Van Den Bergh, Belgian author and academic