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Birthday May 6, 1911

• The temperature on May 6, 1911 was between 3.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)
• 1915 » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1915 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)