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Birthday June 17, 1912

• The temperature on June 17, 1912 was between 5.8 °C and 17.4 °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.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • 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.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • 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.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.

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)