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Birthday May 3, 1912

• The temperature on May 3, 1912 was between 5.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
• 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
• 1913 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist († 1973)
• 1914 » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet († 2018))
• 1915 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling († 2003)