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Birthday December 13, 1912

• The temperature on December 13, 1912 was between 3.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter († 1972)
• 1911 » Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1912 » Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player († 1989)
• 1913 » Arnold Brown, English-Canadian missionary, 11th General of The Salvation Army († 2002)
• 1914 » Alan Bullock, English historian and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Larry Noble, English comedian and actor († 1993)