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Birthday June 19, 1912

• The temperature on June 19, 1912 was between 11.7 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
  • 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 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Sydney Allard, English race car driver, founded the Allard Company († 1966)
• 1912 » Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager († 2008)
• 1912 » Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress († 2005)
• 1913 » Helene Madison, American swimmer († 1970)