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Birthday February 23, 1912

• The temperature on February 23, 1912 was between 10.5 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.8 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.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • 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.
  • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
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