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Birthday February 9, 1911

• The temperature on February 9, 1911 was between -3.3 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
• 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1911 » William Orlando Darby, American general († 1945)
• 1912 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna († 1968)
• 1912 » Ginette Leclerc, French actress († 1992)