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Birthday May 19, 1911

• The temperature on May 19, 1911 was between 8.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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.
  • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1908 » Merriam Modell, American author († 1994)
• 1908 » Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter († 1982)
• 1909 » Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian († 2015)
• 1910 » Alan Melville, South African cricketer († 1983)
• 1913 » Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 1996)