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Birthday January 6, 1901

• The temperature on January 6, 1901 was between -11.5 °C and -7.8 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (77%). 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.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)
• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)