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Birthday March 25, 1911

• The temperature on March 25, 1911 was between -0.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • 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 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

• 1908 » David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1910 » Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic († 2012)
• 1910 » Magda Olivero, Italian soprano († 2014)
• 1912 » Jean Vilar, French actor and director († 1971)
• 1912 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy († 2005)
• 1913 » Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels († 2001)