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Birthday January 26, 1912

• The temperature on January 26, 1912 was between -1.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • 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 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1913 » Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1914 » Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire († 2006)
• 1915 » William Hopper, American actor († 1970)