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Birthday July 24, 1911

• The temperature on July 24, 1911 was between 12.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
• 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
• 1912 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author († 1998)
• 1913 » Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor († 2010)
• 1914 » Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1914 » Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician († 2015)