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Birthday December 17, 1912

• The temperature on December 17, 1912 was between 0.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • 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.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)