Genealogy Jurronimo » Herman Klaas Faber (1911-)

Birthday December 18, 1911

• The temperature on December 18, 1911 was between 2.0 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • 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

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• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)