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Birthday April 21, 1901

• The temperature on April 21, 1901 was between 6.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (83%). 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.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1899 » Randall Thompson, American composer and academic († 1984)
• 1903 » Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1904 » Jean Hélion, French painter († 1987)
• 1904 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer († 1945)
• 1905 » Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California († 1996)