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Birthday February 2, 1911

• The temperature on February 2, 1911 was between 1.2 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • 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.
  • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
  • 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.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Frank Albertson, American actor († 1964)
• 1911 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland († 1968)
• 1912 » Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer († 1997)
• 1912 » Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer († 2009)
• 1913 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer († 1985)