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Birthday April 3, 1911

• The temperature on April 3, 1911 was between 0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author († 1982)
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