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Birthday January 10, 1901

• The temperature on January 10, 1901 was between -1.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (48%). 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.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • 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

• 1898 » Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1900 » Violette Cordery, English racing driver († 1983)
• 1902 » Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator († 1980)
• 1903 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor († 1975)
• 1903 » Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer († 1975)
• 1903 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler († 1997)