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Birthday June 27, 1911

• The temperature on June 27, 1911 was between 7.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author († 1967)
• 1911 » Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. († 1997)
• 1912 » E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat († 2016)
• 1913 » Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1913 » Philip Guston, American painter and academic († 1980)
• 1913 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player († 1993)