Rutten Vlaanderen Meems Huizing » Harm Eefting (1911-)

Birthday March 19, 1911

• The temperature on March 19, 1911 was between 0.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Louis Hayward, South African-born American actor († 1985)
• 1910 » Joseph Carroll, American general († 1991)
• 1912 » Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1980)
• 1914 » Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach († 2002)
• 1914 » Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist († 1981)
• 1915 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1944)