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Birthday May 12, 1912

• The temperature on May 12, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1910 » James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive († 2004)
• 1910 » Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname († 2010)
• 1911 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator († 1972)
• 1912 » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner († 2001)
• 1912 » Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1995)