Family tree Jonker » Geertruida Maria Johanna Klein Ovink (1911-)

Birthday May 21, 1911

• The temperature on May 21, 1911 was between 6.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • 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 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)
• 1912 » Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher († 2001)
• 1912 » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic († 1986)
• 1912 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1913 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer († 1976)
• 1915 » Cathleen Cordell, American actress († 1997)