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Birthday August 2, 1911

• The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.4 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)
• 1913 » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic († 1980)