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Birthday March 13, 1911

• The temperature on March 13, 1911 was between 0.8 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 24.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1910 » Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author († 1973)
• 1910 » Sammy Kaye, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader († 1987)
• 1911 » José Ardévol, Cuban composer and conductor († 1981)
• 1913 » Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and playwright († 2009)
• 1913 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence († 1987)