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Birthday May 1, 1911

• The temperature on May 1, 1911 was between 2.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • 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 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder († 2003)
• 1910 » J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist († 1986)
• 1910 » Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher († 1975)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)
• 1911 » Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator († 1998)