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Birthday October 7, 1911

• The temperature on October 7, 1911 was between 5.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)
• 1911 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru († 2002)
• 1912 » Peter Walker, English race car driver († 1984)