Genealogy van der Wal » Cornelis Adrianus Slats (1912-)

Birthday February 20, 1912

• The temperature on February 20, 1912 was between 5.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
  • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
  • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Gale Gordon, American actor († 1995)
• 1912 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War († 2006)
• 1912 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author († 1994)
• 1913 » Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1914 » John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host († 1991)
• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer