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Birthday December 9, 1912

• The temperature on December 9, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Broderick Crawford, American actor († 1986)
• 1911 » Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman († 2007)
• 1912 » Jim Turnesa, American golfer († 1971)
• 1912 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1994)
• 1914 » Frances Reid, American actress († 2010)
• 1914 » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant († 1996)