Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmina Josephina van Oirschot (1912-)

Birthday June 18, 1912

• The temperature on June 18, 1912 was between 10.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist († 1991)
• 1913 » Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian soldier and surgeon († 2005)