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Birthday January 18, 1912

• The temperature on January 18, 1912 was between -6.0 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic († 1993)
• 1911 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1987)
• 1911 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet († 1969)
• 1913 » Carroll Cloar, American artist († 1993)
• 1913 » Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Arno Schmidt, German author and translator († 1979)