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Birthday August 18, 1926

• The temperature on August 18, 1926 was between 14.7 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
  • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
  • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
  • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
  • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1925 » Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author († 2011)
• 1925 » Brian Aldiss, English author and critic († 2017)
• 1925 » Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic († 2006)
• 1927 » Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
• 1928 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman († 2004)
• 1928 » Sonny Til, American R&B singer († 1981)