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Birthday December 25, 1912

• The temperature on December 25, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • 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.
  • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer († 1996)
• 1911 » Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter († 2010)
• 1913 » Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor († 1999)
• 1913 » Tony Martin, American singer († 2012)
• 1914 » James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America († 1970)