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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1912, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1913, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday September 13, 1912

  • The temperature on September 13, 1912 was between 5.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
    • 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.
    • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
    • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
    • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
    • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
    • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Day of death December 12, 1913

  • The temperature on December 12, 1913 was between 5.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
    • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
    • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1909 » Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host († 2014)
  • 1909 » Ray Bowden, English footballer († 1998)
  • 1911 » Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player († 1996)
  • 1912 » Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician († 1995)
  • 1912 » Reta Shaw, American actress († 1982)
  • 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)

Source: Wikipedia


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