Het Grote Driessen Boek » Wilhelmus Hubertus Franciscus Driessen (1901-)

Birthday April 18, 1901

• The temperature on April 18, 1901 was between -1.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (70%). 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.
  • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • 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 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1900 » Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist († 1997)
• 1901 » Al Lewis, American songwriter († 1967)
• 1901 » László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright († 1975)
• 1902 » Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy († 1981)
• 1902 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author († 1972)