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Birthday June 15, 1911

• The temperature on June 15, 1911 was between 6.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
  • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator († 2002)
• 1910 » David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1911 » Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine († 1997)
• 1913 » Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1914 » Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist († 1999)
• 1914 » Yuri Andropov, Russian politician († 1984)