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Birthday April 25, 1911

• The temperature on April 25, 1911 was between 7.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • 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.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist († 1965)
• 1909 » William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid († 1985)
• 1910 » Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer († 1976)
• 1911 » Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1912 » Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist († 1965)
• 1913 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain († 1944)