Database Van Broekhoven » Anna Hendrika van der Voort (1912-)

Birthday August 29, 1912

• The temperature on August 29, 1912 was between 10.7 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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