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Birthday July 18, 1901

• The temperature on July 18, 1901 was between 13.0 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • 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.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer († 1935)
• 1898 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg († 1942)
• 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
• 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
• 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)