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Birthday June 27, 1912

• The temperature on June 27, 1912 was between 10.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • 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 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. († 1997)
• 1912 » E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat († 2016)
• 1913 » Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1913 » Philip Guston, American painter and academic († 1980)
• 1913 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player († 1993)
• 1914 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association († 1981)