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Birthday August 19, 1911

• The temperature on August 19, 1911 was between 11.8 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1910 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church († 1946)
• 1911 » Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1913 » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1913 » Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author († 1993)