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Birthday April 3, 1918

• The temperature on April 3, 1918 was between 2.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
  • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  • June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
  • July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
  • November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
  • December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer († 1988)
• 1916 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author († 1997)
• 1918 » Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor († 2000)
• 1918 » Mary Anderson, American actress († 2014)
• 1919 » Clairette Oddera, French-Canadian actress and singer († 2008)
• 1919 » Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer († 2015)