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Birthday December 23, 1911

• The temperature on December 23, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer († 2002)
• 1910 » Kurt Meyer, German general († 1961)
• 1911 » James Gregory, American actor († 2002)
• 1911 » Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1912 » Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic († 1998)
• 1912 » Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America († 1999)