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Birthday October 30, 1912

• The temperature on October 30, 1912 was between 7.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian-French physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1910 » Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian-Monegasque organist and composer († 1994)
• 1911 » Ruth Hussey, American actress († 2005)
• 1914 » Anna Wing, English actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Leabua Jonathan, Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho († 1987)
• 1914 » Richard E. Holz, American minister and composer († 1986)