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Birthday September 21, 1911

• The temperature on September 21, 1911 was between 6.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1909 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana († 1972)
• 1910 » Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1912 » György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1916 » Françoise Giroud, Swiss-French journalist and politician, French Minister of Culture († 2003)