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Birthday January 10, 1912

• The temperature on January 10, 1912 was between -0.1 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist († 2013)
• 1911 » Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist († 2004)
• 1912 » Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard († 1948)
• 1913 » Franco Bordoni, Italian racing driver and pilot († 1975)
• 1913 » Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia († 1991)
• 1913 » Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania († 1981)