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Birthday February 12, 1911

• The temperature on February 12, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
  • 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.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher († 1931)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)
• 1909 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician († 1945)
• 1909 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1911 » Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater († 1994)
• 1912 » R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright († 1972)