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Birthday April 4, 1911

• The temperature on April 4, 1911 was between -2.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
  • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic († 1967)
• 1911 » Max Dupain, Australian photographer († 1992)
• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Frances Langford, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1913 » Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1980)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)