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Birthday September 26, 1918

• The temperature on September 26, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (51%). 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.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
  • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1917 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1917 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist († 1993)
• 1918 » Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World († 2000)
• 1919 » Barbara Britton, American actress († 1980)
• 1919 » Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author († 2012)