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Birthday October 1, 1911

• The temperature on October 1, 1911 was between 5.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • 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.
  • 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 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist († 1983)
• 1910 » José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer († 1998)
• 1911 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 2004)
• 1911 » Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher († 1994)