Genealogy Van Assen » Hendrik Kamphuis (1901-)

Birthday September 21, 1901

• The temperature on September 21, 1901 was between 14.1 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (66%). 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.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • 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

• 1898 » Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist († 1987)
• 1899 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army († 1986)
• 1902 » Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books († 1970)
• 1902 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player († 1937)
• 1902 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic († 1963)
• 1903 » Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan († 1956)