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Birthday July 11, 1901

• The temperature on July 11, 1901 was between 13.2 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)
• 1904 » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1972)