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Birthday December 16, 1911

• The temperature on December 16, 1911 was between 2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress († 2011)
• 1908 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist († 1963)
• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide