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Birthday April 10, 1911

• The temperature on April 10, 1911 was between 2.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
  • 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.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic († 1974)
• 1910 » Paul Sweezy, American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review († 2004)
• 1911 » Martin Denny, American pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1911 » Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France († 1998)
• 1912 » Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia († 1953)