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Birthday June 30, 1912

• The temperature on June 30, 1912 was between 9.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Nagarjun, Indian poet († 1998)
• 1912 » Dan Reeves, American businessman and philanthropist († 1971)
• 1912 » Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer († 2003)
• 1912 » María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect († 2009)
• 1913 » Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia († 2007)