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Birthday May 24, 1911

• The temperature on May 24, 1911 was between 10.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
  • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1909 » Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician († 1992)
• 1910 » Jimmy Demaret, American golfer († 1983)
• 1913 » Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier († 1993)
• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)
• 1916 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales († 2002)