Family tree Lestrade » Willemina Johanna Reinira Gijsberts (1912-)

Birthday September 15, 1912

• The temperature on September 15, 1912 was between 6.4 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING († 2000)
• 1911 » Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States († 1985)
• 1913 » Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player († 1991)
• 1913 » Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor († 2008)
• 1913 » Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot († 1994)
• 1913 » John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General († 1988)