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Birthday July 12, 1904

• The temperature on July 12, 1904 was between 9.9 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
  • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
  • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist († 1992)
• 1902 » Tony Lovink, Dutch politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1995)
• 1902 » Vic Armbruster, Australian rugby league player († 1984)
• 1904 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1907 » Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon († 1993)
• 1908 » Milton Berle, American comedian and actor († 2002)