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Birthday August 1, 1911

• The temperature on August 1, 1911 was between 15.6 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • 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 » Gerda Taro, German war photographer († 1937)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1910 » Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer († 2003)
• 1911 » Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist († 1985)
• 1912 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia († 1979)
• 1912 » Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic († 1994)