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Birthday April 22, 1912

• The temperature on April 22, 1912 was between 7.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1 » The Republic of China is established.
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
  • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic († 1971)
• 1912 » Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1912 » Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer († 1953)
• 1914 » Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer († 2008)
• 1914 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot († 1941)