Family tree Menting » Wilhelmus Johannes Niesink (1911-)

Birthday November 4, 1911

• The temperature on November 4, 1911 was between 6.9 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • 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.
  • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1909 » Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot († 2012)
• 1911 » Dixie Lee, American actress and singer († 1952)
• 1912 » Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter († 1969)
• 1912 » Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer († 1983)
• 1912 » Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer († 1978)