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Birthday January 12, 1910

• The temperature on January 12, 1910 was between -0.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
  • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
  • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
  • September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer († 1966)
• 1908 » Clement Hurd, American illustrator († 1988)
• 1908 » Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1910 » Luise Rainer, German-English actress († 2014)
• 1910 » Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian († 1981)
• 1912 » Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer († 1991)