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Birthday June 24, 1912

• The temperature on June 24, 1912 was between 9.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
  • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic († 2011)
• 1911 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver († 1995)
• 1911 » Portia White, Canadian opera singer († 1968)
• 1912 » Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author († 1994)
• 1912 » Mary Wesley, English author († 2002)
• 1913 » Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier († 2002)