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Birthday June 9, 1912

• The temperature on June 9, 1912 was between 8.2 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist († 1993)
• 1910 » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director († 1990)
• 1910 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand († 1984)
• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1915 » Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)