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Birthday May 12, 1911

• The temperature on May 12, 1911 was between 11.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1910 » Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname († 2010)
• 1911 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator († 1972)
• 1912 » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner († 2001)