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Birthday September 18, 1911

• The temperature on September 18, 1911 was between 8.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • 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.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet († 1994)
• 1910 » Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer († 2008)
• 1910 » Joseph F. Enright, American captain († 2000)
• 1911 » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician († 1995)
• 1911 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player († 1976)
• 1912 » María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist († 1995)