Dreyer Tree » Jan Johannes Dreyer (1911-)

Birthday October 5, 1911

• The temperature on October 5, 1911 was between 7.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1909 » Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier († 2011)
• 1911 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright († 1966)
• 1911 » Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Fritz Fischer, German physician († 2003)
• 1913 » Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 2007)