Aldfaer Mesman » Theodorus Adrianus Mesman (1901-)

Birthday September 24, 1901

• The temperature on September 24, 1901 was between 10.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

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• 1898 » Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1899 » William Dobell, Australian painter († 1970)
• 1900 » Ham Fisher, American cartoonist († 1955)
• 1901 » Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001)
• 1902 » Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran († 1989)