Genealogy Harssema » Feike Aukes DOUMA (1911-)

Birthday October 22, 1911

• The temperature on October 22, 1911 was between 10.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
  • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • 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.
  • 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

• 1908 » John Gould, American journalist and author († 2003).
• 1908 » José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist († 1994).
• 1912 » George N. Leighton, American soldier and judge († 2018)
• 1913 » Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor († 1997)
• 1913 » Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation († 2002)
• 1913 » Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist († 1954)