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Birthday April 11, 1910

• The temperature on April 11, 1910 was between -3.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
  • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
  • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
  • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1908 » Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge († 2007)
• 1908 » Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic († 1997)
• 1908 » Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1997)
• 1910 » António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal († 1996)
• 1912 » John Levy, American bassist and businessman († 2012)