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Birthday March 2, 1912

• The temperature on March 2, 1912 was between 8.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
• 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)
• 1913 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author († 1971)
• 1913 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player († 1958)
• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)