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Birthday December 14, 1912

• The temperature on December 14, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • 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 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • 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 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player († 1943)
• 1911 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader († 1965)
• 1914 » France Milčinski - Ježek, Slovene poet, satirist, comedian, actor, children's writer and director.
• 1914 » Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1992)
• 1914 » Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player († 2003)