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March 23, 1901Born on Sunday March 24, 1901
- Alberta Maria Josephina Vosmer, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1901)
- Albertha Everdina (Bert) Woestenenk, Markelo, Nederland
- Adrianus Gerrit Kievith, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1984)
- Adwin Adrian Rodrigues DaCosta, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean († 1988)
- Aaltjen ten Arve, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1983)
- Albertina Everdina Woestenenk, Markelo († 1989)
- Alfred Kersley Booi
- Aagtje Haas, Krommenie, Nederland († 1985)
- Aletta Brouwer, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
- Alberdina Ziel, Holland († 1955)
Died on Sunday March 24, 1901
- Adolph Alport (70), Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
- Anna_Geertrui Klop (47), Den Haag
- Houtveen (0), Amersfoort (UT, NLD)
- Aaltje (Alice) Franken (36), Westeinde, Nunspeet (Ermelo)
- Anna Geertrui klop (47), Den Haag
- (l.l.) Post (0), Daarle (Hellendoorn)
- Anna Delp (85)
- Adrianus Voordouw (83), Bodegraven
- Aagje Don (de Hoog) (83), Vlaardingen
- Anna Barbara Kentgens (76), Limbricht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 24, 1901 at Delpher
Born on March 24
- 1893 » George Sisler, American baseball player and scout († 1973)
- 1893 » Walter Baade, German astronomer and author († 1960)
- 1897 » Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic († 1957)
- 1901 » Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse († 1971)
- 1902 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York († 1971)
- 1903 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
- 1903 » Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar († 1990)
- 1905 » Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino author and diplomat († 2007)
- 1907 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec († 1960)
- 1909 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal († 1934)
Died on March 24
- 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
- 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
- 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)
- 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
- 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
- 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
- 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
- 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
- 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
- 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1901
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1901
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1901
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
- September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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.
- December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
- December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
The weather on Sunday March 24, 1901
The temperature on March 24, 1901 was between -1.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (55%).
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI