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Born on Saturday April 29, 1911
Died on Saturday April 29, 1911

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 29, 1911 at Delpher


Born on April 29
  • 1907 » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer († 1997)
  • 1908 » Jack Williamson, American author and academic († 2006)
  • 1909 » Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
  • 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
  • 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)
  • 1917 » Celeste Holm, American actress and singer († 2012)
  • 1917 » Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer († 1961)
  • 1918 » George Allen, American football player and coach († 1990)
  • 1919 » Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
  • 1920 » Edward Blishen, English author and radio host († 1996)

Died on April 29

Names that were popular for boys in 1911
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Adrianus
  10. Jacob
  11. Jacobus
  12. Wilhelmus
  13. Gerardus
  14. Arie
  15. Dirk
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1911
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Catharina
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Geertruida
  13. Grietje
  14. Aaltje
  15. Helena
  16. Neeltje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1911
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
Weather April 29, 1911

The temperature on April 29, 1911 was between 5.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI