Eijsermans family tree » Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Maria van de Pol (1911-)

Birthday May 3, 1911

• The temperature on May 3, 1911 was between 7.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
• 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
• 1913 » William Inge, American playwright and novelist († 1973)
• 1914 » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet († 2018))
• 1915 » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling († 2003)