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Birthday December 21, 1911

• The temperature on December 21, 1911 was between 4.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
  • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
  • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Anthony Powell, English author († 2000)
• 1909 » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author († 1992)
• 1911 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player († 1947)
• 1913 » Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter († 2010)
• 1914 » Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist († 2010)
• 1915 » Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 2007)