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Birthday November 18, 1916

• The temperature on November 18, 1916 was between -2.2 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
  • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
  • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna († 1969)
• 1915 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire († 2004)
• 1917 » Beebe Steven Lynk, African-American chemist and author († 1948)
• 1917 » Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer († 1957)
• 1918 » İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author († 2008)
• 1918 » Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient († 2007)