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Birthday October 28, 1911

• The temperature on October 28, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • 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 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina († 1995)
• 1909 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator († 1992)
• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician († 1995)
• 1914 » Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)