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Birthday November 18, 1911

• The temperature on November 18, 1911 was between 5.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer († 2001)
• 1909 » Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records († 1976)
• 1911 » Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author († 2000)
• 1912 » Hilda Nickson, English author († 1977)
• 1912 » Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1995)
• 1913 » Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator († 1999)