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Birthday August 2, 1911

• The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.4 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
  • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • 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.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
  • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)
• 1913 » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic († 1980)