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Birthday May 21, 1911

• The temperature on May 21, 1911 was between 6.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • 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 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)
• 1912 » Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher († 2001)
• 1912 » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic († 1986)
• 1912 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1913 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer († 1976)
• 1915 » Cathleen Cordell, American actress († 1997)