Dreyer Tree » Johanna Jacoba Dreyer (1901-)

Birthday March 21, 1901

• The temperature on March 21, 1901 was between -1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (63%). 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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
  • 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 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1904 » Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar († 1999)
• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1904 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer († 1949)