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Birthday February 15, 1901

• The temperature on February 15, 1901 was between -12.9 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (79%). 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.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • 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.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Gerrit Kleerekoper, Jewish-Dutch gymnast and coach († 1943)
• 1898 » Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1899 » Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress († 1985)
• 1899 » Georges Auric, French composer († 1983)
• 1904 » Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager († 1983)
• 1904 » Mary Adshead, English painter († 1995)