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Birthday July 7, 1911

• The temperature on July 7, 1911 was between 15.2 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • 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

• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic († 1994)
• 1909 » Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
• 1910 » Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author († 2010)
• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)
• 1913 » Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist († 2011)