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Birthday September 17, 1911

• The temperature on September 17, 1911 was between 5.7 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
  • 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 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)
• 1909 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1912 » Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
• 1912 » Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator († 1995)
• 1914 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman († 2008)