Lax Family Tree » Cecil William Dennis Sankey (1911-1982)

Birthday September 22, 1911

• The temperature on September 22, 1911 was between 6.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1909 » John Engstead, American photographer and journalist († 1983)
• 1910 » György Faludy, Hungarian poet and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Martha Scott, American actress († 2003)
• 1913 » Lillian Chestney, American painter and illustrator († 2000)