About the day » Thursday August 11, 1921Calender converter

• Arthur Trussell Weir Sr., South Carolina († 1974)
• Adriana Johanna van der Veeren, Halsteren († 1921)
• Berendina Stoeten, Lutten aan de Dedemsvaart († 1996)
• Berendina Theodora Blom, Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Annie Ivens, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1989)
• Andrée GAUTOT († 1970)
• Bertha Schonewille, Oosterhesselen († 2000)
• Abraham Willem IJzerman, Groede († 2004)
• Anna Hendrika Verhoeks, Zoelen († 1945)
• Arendina Johanna Enderink, Borculo (NL) († 2006)

• arend MEERHOF (59), schiedam
• Albert Dijkhuis (75), Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Stalpers (66), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aafje Sixma (19), Irnsum (Friesland)
• Anna Maria Catharina Ludovica Arets (0), Kerkrade
• Anna Doornkamp (0), Zeist
• Abraham Voets (44), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna (Aaltje) Lamijn (71), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Benjamin van Mourick (75), Klundert
• Benjamin Gottschalk (93), Geilenkirchen (Dld)

• 1916 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player († 1956)
• 1919 » Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager († 2017)
• 1920 » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2002)
• 1920 » Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host († 2006)
• 1921 » Alex Haley, American historian and author († 1992)
• 1922 » John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1923 » Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor († 2015)
• 1925 » Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
• 1925 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2006)
• 1926 » Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)

• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
• September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
• November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

The temperature on August 11, 1921 was between 12.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.