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Birthday April 21, 1912

• The temperature on April 21, 1912 was between 6.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil († 2000)
• 1911 » Kemal Satır, Turkish physician and politician († 1991)
• 1912 » Eve Arnold, Russian-American photojournalist († 2012)
• 1912 » Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1913 » Norman Parkinson, English photographer († 1990)
• 1914 » Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling († 2013)