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Birthday August 24, 1912

• The temperature on August 24, 1912 was between 12.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1909 » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier († 1998)
• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)