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Birthday April 4, 1912

• The temperature on April 4, 1912 was between -0.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Max Dupain, Australian photographer († 1992)
• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Frances Langford, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1913 » Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1980)
• 1913 » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1983)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)