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Birthday January 23, 1911

• The temperature on January 23, 1911 was between -2.1 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer († 1968)
• 1907 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1910 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer († 1953)
• 1912 » Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager († 2009)
• 1913 » Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter († 1960)
• 1913 » Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association († 2007)