Family tree Van den Wyngaert » Henricus Josephus Mahieu (1911-)

Birthday December 18, 1911

• The temperature on December 18, 1911 was between 2.0 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire († 2010)
• 1911 » Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1912 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot († 2002)
• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)