Eijsermans family tree » Trijntje Jelsma (1912-)

Birthday August 22, 1912

• The temperature on August 22, 1912 was between 10.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
  • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
• 1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
• 1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)