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Birthday March 31, 1911

• The temperature on March 31, 1911 was between 1.8 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer († 1999)
• 1911 » Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano († 1986)
• 1911 » Freddie Green, American guitarist († 1987)
• 1912 » William Lederer, American soldier and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist († 2006)
• 1914 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)