Chapman-Nash Family Tree » Dorothy Ferrdige (1912-)

Birthday July 30, 1912

• The temperature on July 30, 1912 was between 13.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). 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.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • 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 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1904 » Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1909 » C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1910 » Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer († 2003)
• 1913 » Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist († 1987)
• 1914 » Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee († 1999)
• 1920 » Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot († 2015)