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Birthday May 6, 1912

• The temperature on May 6, 1912 was between 7.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)
• 1915 » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1915 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)