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Birthday November 11, 1913

• The temperature on November 11, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador († 1999)
• 1914 » Daisy Bates, American activist who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957 († 1999)
• 1914 » Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer († 2001)
• 1914 » Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1914 » James Gilbert Baker, American astronomer, optician, and academic († 2005)
• 1914 » Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria († 1991)