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Birthday August 28, 1912

• The temperature on August 28, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 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.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO († 2002)
• 1913 » Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation († 2009)
• 1913 » Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1913 » Robert Irving, English conductor and director († 1991)
• 1913 » Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright († 1995)
• 1913 » Terence Reese, English bridge player and author († 1996)