Kennedy Family Tree » Constance Mary Hiorns (1901-)

Birthday February 22, 1901

• The temperature on February 22, 1901 was between -4.2 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. 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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
  • 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

• 1897 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general († 1947)
• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)