Genealogy Honnef » Heinrich Matthias WEINGARTEN (1912-)

Birthday May 8, 1912

• The temperature on May 8, 1912 was between 7.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 1 » The Republic of China is established.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » George Male, English footballer († 1998)
• 1911 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1938)
• 1911 » Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior († 1997)
• 1912 » George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet († 1995)
• 1913 » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer († 1984)
• 1913 » Sid James, South African-English actor and singer († 1976)