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Birthday May 26, 1911

• The temperature on May 26, 1911 was between 10.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • 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.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast († 1998)
• 1911 » Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer († 1992)
• 1911 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist († 2005)
• 1912 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1989)
• 1912 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor († 1980)