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Birthday March 5, 1912

• The temperature on March 5, 1912 was between 6.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
  • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Fritz Fischer, German historian and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic († 1972)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)
• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)
• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)