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Birthday February 7, 1911

• The temperature on February 7, 1911 was between -3 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor († 1983)
• 1908 » Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier († 2010)
• 1909 » Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop († 1999)
• 1912 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter († 1981)
• 1915 » Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch († 2007)