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Birthday July 28, 1912

• The temperature on July 28, 1912 was between 12.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Aenne Burda, German publisher († 2005)
• 1909 » Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet († 1957)
• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1915 » Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician († 1998)