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Birthday May 21, 1901

• The temperature on May 21, 1901 was between 4.0 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (83%). 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.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host († 1986)
• 1901 » Regina M. Anderson, Multiracial playwright and librarian († 1993)
• 1901 » Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent († 2000)
• 1901 » Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright († 1992)
• 1902 » Earl Averill, American baseball player († 1983)
• 1902 » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect and academic, designed the Ameritrust Tower († 1981)