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Birthday June 16, 1911

• The temperature on June 16, 1911 was between 4.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
  • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
  • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
  • 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

• 1907 » Jack Albertson, American actor († 1981)
• 1909 » Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist († 1987)
• 1910 » Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru († 1977)
• 1912 » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator († 2004)
• 1912 » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1998)
• 1914 » Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher († 2020)