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Born on Friday January 6, 1911
Died on Friday January 6, 1911

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 6, 1911 at Delpher


Born on January 6
  • 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
  • 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
  • 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
  • 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
  • 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
  • 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)
  • 1914 » Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic († 1989)
  • 1915 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author († 1973)
  • 1915 » Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2015)
  • 1915 » John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher († 2001)

Died on January 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1911
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Gerrit
  8. Petrus
  9. Adrianus
  10. Jacob
  11. Jacobus
  12. Wilhelmus
  13. Gerardus
  14. Arie
  15. Dirk
  16. Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1911
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Anna
  4. Cornelia
  5. Wilhelmina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Hendrika
  8. Catharina
  9. Adriana
  10. Petronella
  11. Jacoba
  12. Geertruida
  13. Grietje
  14. Aaltje
  15. Helena
  16. Neeltje

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1911
  • 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.
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • 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.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Weather January 6, 1911

The temperature on January 6, 1911 was between -1.3 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.

Source: KNMI