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Birthday January 24, 1912

• The temperature on January 24, 1912 was between 1.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
  • 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 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • 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.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar († 2005)
• 1910 » Doris Haddock, American political activist († 2010)
• 1912 » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer († 2008)
• 1913 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1983)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)