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Birthday June 24, 1901

• The temperature on June 24, 1901 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). 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.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

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• 1898 » Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist († 1983)
• 1898 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1958)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman († 1969)
• 1901 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist († 1974)
• 1901 » Marcel Mule, French saxophonist († 2001)