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Birthday October 10, 1911

• The temperature on October 10, 1911 was between 3.5 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

Source: Wikipedia

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