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Birthday March 16, 1912

• The temperature on March 16, 1912 was between 4.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer († 1991)
• 1911 » Josef Mengele, German physician and captain († 1979)
• 1911 » Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d.2005)
• 1911 » Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2009)
• 1912 » Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States († 1993)
• 1913 » Rémy Raffalli, French soldier († 1952)