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Birthday March 27, 1912

• The temperature on March 27, 1912 was between 8.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Ai Qing, Chinese poet and author († 1996)
• 1911 » Veronika Tushnova, Russian poet and physician († 1965)
• 1912 » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1913 » Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1914 » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Denning, American actor († 1998)