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Birthday September 1, 1912

• The temperature on September 1, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 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 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer († 1980)
• 1908 » Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter († 2012)
• 1909 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat († 1957)
• 1913 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer († 1993)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)
• 1914 » John H. Adams, American jockey († 1995)