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Birthday October 17, 1912

• The temperature on October 17, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1982)
• 1912 » Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 († 1978)
• 1912 » Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School († 2001)
• 1913 » Faik Türün, Turkish general († 2003)
• 1913 » Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist († 2006)
• 1913 » Robert Lowery, American actor († 1971)