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Birthday October 25, 1911

• The temperature on October 25, 1911 was between 6.5 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • 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.
  • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Johnny Mauro, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1910 » Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist († 2016)
• 1910 » William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer († 1997)
• 1912 » Alfred Klingler, German field handballer
• 1912 » Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist († 1996)