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Birthday July 15, 1911

• The temperature on July 15, 1911 was between 11.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon († 1992)
• 1911 » Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air († 1994)
• 1913 » Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author († 2010)
• 1913 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1913 » Hammond Innes, English journalist and author († 1998)
• 1914 » Birabongse Bhanudej, Thai racing driver and sailor, member of the Thai royal family († 1985)