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Birthday December 25, 1911

• The temperature on December 25, 1911 was between 3.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). 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.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Ernest L. Massad, American general († 1993)
• 1908 » Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1909 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer († 1996)
• 1911 » Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter († 2010)
• 1913 » Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor († 1999)
• 1913 » Tony Martin, American singer († 2012)