Todd's of Scotland » Annabell Beatrice 'Betty' (Annabell Beatrice 'Betty') Todd (1923-1923)

Birthday February 12, 1923

• The temperature on February 12, 1923 was between 2.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
  • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1920 » Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist († 2005)
• 1922 » Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1923 » Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician († 2019)
• 1925 » Sir Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician († 1984)
• 1925 » Joan Mitchell, American-French painter († 1992)
• 1926 » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator († 2014)