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Birthday April 3, 1912

• The temperature on April 3, 1912 was between 0.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner († 1980)
• 1912 » Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author († 1982)
• 1912 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician († 1963)
• 1913 » Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway († 2005)