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Birthday October 15, 1912

• The temperature on October 15, 1912 was between 2.3 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1909 » Robert Trout, American journalist († 2000)
• 1910 » Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan († 1990)
• 1912 » Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist († 2007)
• 1913 » Wolfgang Lüth, German commander († 1945)
• 1914 » Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king († 2007)