Eijsermans family tree » Petronella Maria Gerarda Peeters (1912-)

Birthday August 4, 1912

• The temperature on August 4, 1912 was between 12.6 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • 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.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » David Raksin, American composer and educator († 2004)
• 1912 » Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat († 1947)
• 1913 » Johann Niemann, German lieutenant († 1943)
• 1913 » Robert Hayden, American poet and educator († 1980)
• 1913 » Wesley Addy, American actor († 1996)