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Birthday April 17, 1911

• The temperature on April 17, 1911 was between 0.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, French footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1911 » Hervé Bazin, French author and poet († 1996)
• 1911 » Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist († 2009)
• 1912 » Marta Eggerth, Jewish-Hungarian-American actress and singer († 2013)