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Birthday August 29, 1912

• The temperature on August 29, 1912 was between 9.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)
• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)
• 1913 » Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)