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Birthday March 20, 1912

• The temperature on March 20, 1912 was between 1.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (31%). 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.
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
  • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower († 1999)
• 1911 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1912 » Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist († 2016)
• 1913 » Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer († 1968)
• 1914 » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician († 1968)
• 1915 » Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria († 2000)