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Birthday March 11, 1911

• The temperature on March 11, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1908 » Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower († 1997)
• 1910 » Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic († 1982)
• 1911 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Egyptian-Scottish general and politician († 1996)
• 1913 » Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot († 1944)
• 1915 » Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer († 2004)