Genealogy Verbist-Theunissen » Hendrik Willem Teunissen (1911-)

Birthday May 22, 1911

• The temperature on May 22, 1911 was between 5.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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

• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)
• 1912 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1913 » Dominique Rolin, Belgian author († 2012)
• 1913 » Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1914 » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat († 2010)