Family tree Driessen » Henri Corneille David Braakenburg (1901-)

Birthday September 9, 1901

• The temperature on September 9, 1901 was between 15.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League († 1979)
• 1899 » Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor († 1984)
• 1899 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1984)
• 1900 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1903 » Edward Upward, English author († 2009)
• 1903 » Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian († 1995)