About the day » Sunday May 14, 1911Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Smout, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aleida Johanna Roenhorst, Westendorp, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Adrianus Henricus Johannes Maas, Netherlands († 1915)
• Anton Manning († 2000)
• Aaltje Klein, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Schortinghuis, groningen
• Aaltje Adriaantje Smitshoek, Heinenoord († 1999)
• Aaltje Cleveringa, Stitswerd, Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Clementina KNAEPEN, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1990)
• Alva Hodges, Washington Co., GA († 1914)

• Calvin Bliem (78), Allentown, Lehigh Co.Pennsylvania
• Arie Hakker (69), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johanna Allegonda Teunen (60), Dongen
• Arie Louis de Waal (89), Rotterdam
• André Jouve (42)
• Albert Jan Snellink (0), Zutphen
• Charles Franklin Wade (57), North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
• Aleida Antonia Veltien (1), Raaalte
• Arie van Essen (80), Puttershoek
• Adriana Maria 't Hoen (29), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
• 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
• 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)
• 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
• 1914 » William Thomas Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician († 2002)
• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)

• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)

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

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

• 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.
• 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.
• May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
• May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 14, 1911 was between 10.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.