Family tree De Boer/Hazelhoff/Lukkien/Bos » Cornelia Lukkien (1901-)

Birthday February 2, 1901

• The temperature on February 2, 1901 was between -3.5 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). 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 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

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• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1904 » Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist († 1997)