Dreyer Tree » Agnes Christina van Jaarsveld (1912-)

Birthday March 13, 1912

• The temperature on March 13, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
  • 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.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence († 1987)
• 1914 » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright († 1998)