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Birthday July 18, 1901

• The temperature on July 18, 1901 was between 12.4 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • 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 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer († 1935)
• 1898 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg († 1942)
• 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
• 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
• 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)