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Birthday November 12, 1913

• The temperature on November 12, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
  • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
  • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer († 1981)
• 1911 » Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver († 1958)
• 1915 » Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic († 1980)
• 1916 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic († 2000)
• 1916 » Paul Emery, English race car driver († 1993)