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Birthday August 11, 1912

• The temperature on August 11, 1912 was between 8.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
  • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2004)
• 1912 » Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic († 1954)
• 1912 » Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1913 » Angus Wilson, English author and academic († 1991)
• 1913 » Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1913 » Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor († 1976)