Family tree Vlastra » Pieter Laurens Maria van der Knaap (1911-)

Birthday January 25, 1911

• The temperature on January 25, 1911 was between 3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China († 2001)
• 1910 » Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Estonian Minister of Education († 1984)
• 1913 » Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China († 2010)
• 1913 » Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist († 2003)
• 1913 » Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1914 » William Strickland, American conductor and organist († 1991)