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Birthday February 19, 1911

• The temperature on February 19, 1911 was between 1.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Dorothy Janis, American actress († 2010)
• 1912 » Saul Chaplin, American composer († 1997)
• 1913 » Frank Tashlin, American animator and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1913 » Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza († 2007)
• 1914 » Thelma Kench, New Zealand Olympic sprinter († 1985)