Family tree Driessen » Alfred Maria Marlie (1911-)

Birthday February 1, 1911

• The temperature on February 1, 1911 was between -8.3 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • 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 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1907 » Günter Eich, German author and songwriter († 1972)
• 1908 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer († 1980)
• 1908 » Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker († 1998)
• 1909 » George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1910 » Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician († 2009)