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Birthday January 20, 1912

• The temperature on January 20, 1912 was between -2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
• 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
• 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)
• 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)