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Birthday May 3, 1912

• The temperature on May 3, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
  • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
• 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
• 1913 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist († 1973)
• 1914 » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet († 2018))
• 1915 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling († 2003)