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Birthday January 18, 1938

• The temperature on January 18, 1938 was between 1.0 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 » John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
• 1938 » Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1938 » Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player
• 1938 » Werner Olk, German footballer and manager