Ancestors Birgit Willaert » Berendina Johanna Timmer (1901-)

Birthday December 6, 1901

• The temperature on December 6, 1901 was between -4.9 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °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.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • 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.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist († 1995)
• 1898 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1898 » John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria († 1977)
• 1900 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress († 1974)
• 1901 » Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager († 1946)