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Birthday February 24, 1911

• The temperature on February 24, 1911 was between 4.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • 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.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)