Eijsermans family tree » Hendrikus Jan Baptist Janssens (1901-)

Birthday August 19, 1901

• The temperature on August 19, 1901 was between 11.2 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (75%). 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.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • 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.
  • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Colleen Moore, American actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)