Genealogy Manuel » Jan Roelof "Jan Roelof" Seijmonsbergen (1912-)

Birthday October 17, 1912

• The temperature on October 17, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1982)
• 1912 » Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 († 1978)
• 1912 » Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School († 2001)
• 1913 » Faik Türün, Turkish general († 2003)
• 1913 » Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist († 2006)
• 1913 » Robert Lowery, American actor († 1971)