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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 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
  • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.

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)