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Birthday May 17, 1911

• The temperature on May 17, 1911 was between 11.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
  • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • 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 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1911 » Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model († 1992)
• 1911 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress († 1998)
• 1912 » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player († 2013)
• 1912 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General († 2004)
• 1912 » Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor († 2006)