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Birthday September 3, 1912

• The temperature on September 3, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
  • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
• 1910 » Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist († 2007)
• 1910 » Maurice Papon, French civil servant († 2007)
• 1911 » Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant († 2000)
• 1913 » Alan Ladd, American actor and producer († 1964)
• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)