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Birthday June 28, 1911

• The temperature on June 28, 1911 was between 8.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Eric Ambler, English author and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1912 » Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher († 2007)
• 1913 » Franz Antel, Austrian director and producer († 2007)
• 1913 » George Lloyd, English soldier and composer († 1998)
• 1913 » Walter Oesau, German colonel and pilot († 1944)
• 1914 » Aribert Heim, Austrian SS physician and Nazi war criminal († 1992)