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Birthday May 5, 1901

• The temperature on May 5, 1901 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. 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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)