Family tree familie Brugman » Adriana van VEEN (1901-)

Birthday July 24, 1901

• The temperature on July 24, 1901 was between 11.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • 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 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1977)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)