Database Schaap » Cornelis Malepaard (1901-)

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 » 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.
  • March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)
• 1904 » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1972)