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Birthday September 19, 1911

• The temperature on September 19, 1911 was between 9.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 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 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman († 1998)
• 1910 » Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician († 2004)
• 1910 » Margaret Lindsay, American actress († 1981)
• 1911 » William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1912 » Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor († 2011)
• 1912 » Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder († 1989)