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Birthday March 22, 1912

• The temperature on March 22, 1912 was between 6.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • 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.
  • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator († 2004)
• 1912 » Karl Malden, American actor († 2009)
• 1912 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver († 1959)
• 1912 » Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer († 1985)
• 1913 » Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent († 2002)
• 1913 » Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon († 1983)