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Birthday May 21, 1911

• The temperature on May 21, 1911 was between 6.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 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.
  • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • 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.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
  • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

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• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)
• 1912 » Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher († 2001)
• 1912 » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic († 1986)
• 1912 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1913 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer († 1976)
• 1915 » Cathleen Cordell, American actress († 1997)