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Birthday February 2, 1911

• The temperature on February 2, 1911 was between 0.9 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland († 1968)
• 1912 » Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer († 1997)
• 1912 » Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer († 2009)
• 1913 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer († 1985)