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Birthday May 15, 1911

• The temperature on May 15, 1911 was between 9.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1992)
• 1909 » James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1910 » Constance Cummings, British-based American actress († 2005)
• 1911 » Herta Oberheuser, German physician († 1978)
• 1911 » Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist († 1991)
• 1912 » Arthur Berger, American composer and educator († 2003)