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Birthday November 16, 1912

• The temperature on November 16, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader († 1982)
• 1912 » George O. Petrie, American actor and director († 1997)
• 1912 » W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author († 1995)
• 1913 » Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress († 2015)
• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)