About the day » Thursday May 11, 1922Calender converter
May 10, 1922Died on Thursday May 11, 1922
- Benedict John Conway (37), Nobber, Meath, Ireland
- Abram SMITH (73), Montgomery, Somerset County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
- Andreas Johannes Hubertus Caris (22), Neer
- Aloisius Cornelis Josephus Immens (75), 's Gravenhage
- Abe Oenes Vleeshouwer (83), Oldeboorn
- Albert Lee Tittsworth (58), Derry, Pike, Illinois, United States
- Adriana Schieman (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan Cornelisse (1), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
- Aaltje Heuveling (33), Amersfoort
- Barbara van Wanrooij (62)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 11, 1922 at Delpher
- De Sumatra post
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Het Centrum
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Voorwaarts : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- De tribune : soc. dem. weekblad
Born on May 11
- 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
- 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
- 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
- 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
- 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
- 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
- 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
- 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
- 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
Died on May 11
- 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
- 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
- 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
- 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
- 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
- 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
- 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
- 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
- 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
- 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
Names that were popular for boys in 1922
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Gerrit
- Hendrikus
- Maria
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1922
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Helena
- Antonia
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1922
- 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
- April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
- April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
- September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
The weather on Thursday May 11, 1922
The temperature on May 11, 1922 was between 0.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI