Genealogy N.P. Mantel » Cornelis Molenaar (1912-)

Birthday September 3, 1912

• The temperature on September 3, 1912 was between 5.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • 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 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.

Source: Wikipedia

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