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Birthday February 3, 1912

• The temperature on February 3, 1912 was between -20.1 °C and -7.9 °C and averaged -11.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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