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Birthday September 26, 1912

• The temperature on September 26, 1912 was between 0.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
  • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1977)
• 1909 » Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR († 1992)
• 1911 » Al Helfer, American sportscaster († 1975)
• 1913 » Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player († 1998)
• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1914 » Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert († 2011)