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Birthday March 16, 1912

• The temperature on March 16, 1912 was between 4.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2009)
• 1912 » Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States († 1993)
• 1913 » Rémy Raffalli, French soldier († 1952)