Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmia Sophia Kaak (1912-)

Birthday March 13, 1912

• The temperature on March 13, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and playwright († 2009)
• 1913 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence († 1987)
• 1914 » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright († 1998)