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Birthday September 12, 1911

• The temperature on September 12, 1911 was between 9.0 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1909 » Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician († 1986)
• 1913 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper († 1980)
• 1914 » Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1916 » Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver († 1961)