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Birthday July 13, 1912

• The temperature on July 13, 1912 was between 19.6 °C and 31.5 °C and averaged 25.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • 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.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Lien Gisolf, Dutch high jumper († 1993)
• 1910 » Loren Pope, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Bob Steele (broadcaster), American radio personality († 2002)
• 1913 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality († 1982)
• 1913 » Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman († 2012)
• 1915 » Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese author and educator († 1989)