Genealogy Van Raam » Branca van Velzen (1911-)

Birthday September 24, 1911

• The temperature on September 24, 1911 was between 5.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • 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.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect († 1966)
• 1910 » Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian politician († 1985)
• 1912 » Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author († 1998)
• 1913 » Herb Jeffries, American singer († 2014)
• 1914 » Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director († 1970)