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Birthday December 6, 1911

• The temperature on December 6, 1911 was between 0.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
  • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation († 2003)
• 1909 » Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1909 » Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader († 2002)
• 1910 » David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1913 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host († 2005)