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Birthday January 20, 1911

• The temperature on January 20, 1911 was between 0.3 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
• 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
• 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)
• 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)