Ancestors Annemarie Kosters » Johannes van der Staak (1912-)

Birthday May 16, 1912

• The temperature on May 16, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). 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.
  • 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.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator († 1972)
• 1910 » Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator († 2014)
• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)
• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1913 » Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland († 1991)
• 1913 » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player († 1987)