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Birthday December 11, 1911

• The temperature on December 11, 1911 was between 2.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
  • 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.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
  • 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

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• 1910 » Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator († 1997)
• 1911 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1911 » Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic († 2009)
• 1911 » Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer († 2007)