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Birthday October 2, 1912

• The temperature on October 2, 1912 was between 3.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)
• 1914 » Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian († 1998)
• 1914 » Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer († 1952)
• 1915 » Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma († 2015)