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Birthday December 12, 1918

• The temperature on December 12, 1918 was between 0.3 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. 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.
  • February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
  • April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
  • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

Source: Wikipedia

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