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Birthday October 1, 1912

• The temperature on October 1, 1912 was between 10.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • 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.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal († 1934)
• 1911 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 2004)
• 1911 » Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher († 1994)
• 1912 » Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester († 2014)
• 1913 » Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist († 2009)
• 1913 » Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer († 1998)