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Birthday July 11, 1913

• The temperature on July 11, 1913 was between 7.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Erna Flegel, German Third Reich nurse († 2006)
• 1912 » Peta Taylor, English cricketer († 1989)
• 1912 » Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1912 » William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse († 2011)
• 1913 » Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic († 1966)
• 1913 » Paul Gibb, English cricketer († 1977)