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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.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • 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.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Michael Woodruff, English-Scottish surgeon and academic († 2001)
• 1911 » Nanette Bordeaux, Canadian-American actress († 1956)
• 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)