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Birthday December 28, 1911

• The temperature on December 28, 1911 was between -0.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Billy Williams, American singer († 1972)
• 1911 » Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist († 2003)
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• 1914 » Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)