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Birthday July 26, 1911

• The temperature on July 26, 1911 was between 15.9 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor († 2002)
• 1909 » Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1913 » Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1914 » C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida († 2002)
• 1914 » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1993)