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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 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • 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.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

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)