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Birthday March 5, 1912

• The temperature on March 5, 1912 was between 6.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (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.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • 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.
  • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Fritz Fischer, German historian and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic († 1972)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)
• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)
• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)