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Birthday July 22, 1912

• The temperature on July 22, 1912 was between 14.2 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 20.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Amy Vanderbilt, American author († 1974)
• 1909 » Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver († 2000)
• 1909 » Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress († 2014)
• 1910 » Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist
• 1913 » Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader († 1995)
• 1915 » Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat († 2000)