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Birthday October 27, 1911

• The temperature on October 27, 1911 was between 6.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • 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 » Lee Krasner, American painter († 1984)
• 1910 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1963)
• 1910 » Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer († 2000)
• 1913 » Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author († 2016)
• 1913 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver († 1971)
• 1914 » Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler († 1979)