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Birthday July 18, 1911

• The temperature on July 18, 1911 was between 12.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1909 » Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic († 1982)
• 1909 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan († 1978)
• 1910 » Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman († 1989)
• 1910 » Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal († 2009)
• 1911 » Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)