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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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
  • 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 » 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)