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Birthday April 7, 1912

• The temperature on April 7, 1912 was between 6.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)
• 1913 » Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician († 2007)
• 1913 » Louise Currie, American actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1915 » Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress († 1959)
• 1915 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter († 1977)