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Birthday June 17, 1912

• The temperature on June 17, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)
• 1909 » Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor († 2004)
• 1910 » George Hees, Canadian football player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)
• 1914 » John Hersey, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1915 » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player († 1973)