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Birthday March 25, 1911

• The temperature on March 25, 1911 was between -0.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic († 2012)
• 1910 » Magda Olivero, Italian soprano († 2014)
• 1912 » Jean Vilar, French actor and director († 1971)
• 1912 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy († 2005)
• 1913 » Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels († 2001)