The Brown Tree » James Halford (1911-)

Birthday July 19, 1911

• The temperature on July 19, 1911 was between 11.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
  • 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.
  • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1908 » Daniel Fry, American contactee († 1992)
• 1909 » Balamani Amma, Indian poet and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Peter Leo Gerety, American prelate († 2016)
• 1913 » Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Marius Russo, American baseball player († 2005)