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Birthday March 22, 1912

• The temperature on March 22, 1912 was between 6.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator († 2004)
• 1912 » Karl Malden, American actor († 2009)
• 1912 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver († 1959)
• 1912 » Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer († 1985)
• 1913 » Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent († 2002)
• 1913 » Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon († 1983)