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Birthday August 27, 1912

• The temperature on August 27, 1912 was between 10.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 30.8 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Charles Pozzi, French race car driver († 2001)
• 1909 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1959)
• 1909 » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)
• 1911 » Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer († 2005)
• 1912 » Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)