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Birthday May 1, 1911

• The temperature on May 1, 1911 was between 2.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • 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 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder († 2003)
• 1910 » J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist († 1986)
• 1910 » Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher († 1975)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)
• 1911 » Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator († 1998)