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Birthday July 5, 1912

• The temperature on July 5, 1912 was between 12.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). 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.
  • 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 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic († 2008)
• 1911 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France († 1974)
• 1911 » Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta († 1980)
• 1911 » Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach († 1955)
• 1913 » George Costakis, Russian art collector († 1990)
• 1913 » Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1966)