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Birthday May 11, 1910

• The temperature on May 11, 1910 was between 6.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)