Dreyer Tree » Willem Hendrik Frederik Dreyer (1911-)

Birthday June 23, 1911

• The temperature on June 23, 1911 was between 12.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1910 » Lawson Little, American golfer († 1968)
• 1910 » Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer († 2000)
• 1912 » Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist († 1954)