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Birthday September 8, 1912

• The temperature on September 8, 1912 was between 7.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
  • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

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