Stambomen Quist » Dingenus Marinus Quist (1911-)

Birthday August 13, 1911

• The temperature on August 13, 1911 was between 15.4 °C and 30.6 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • 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 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.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide († 1982)
• 1912 » Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1912 » Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach († 1985)
• 1912 » Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1913 » Fred Davis, English snooker player († 1998)
• 1913 » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus († 1977)