Eijsermans family tree » Adriana Maria Elisabeth Vermeulen (1912-)

Birthday December 16, 1912

• The temperature on December 16, 1912 was between 2.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • 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.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
  • 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 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide