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Birthday August 23, 1918

• The temperature on August 23, 1918 was between 13.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
  • January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
  • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
  • November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
  • November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1919 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist († 1984)
• 1921 » Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1921 » Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire († 1996)
• 1922 » Jean Darling, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1922 » Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic († 2007)