Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis van Turnhout (1912-)

Birthday August 29, 1912

• The temperature on August 29, 1912 was between 9.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °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.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

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