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Birthday March 29, 1901

• The temperature on March 29, 1901 was between -2.7 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). 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 » 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician († 1953)
• 1900 » Bill Aston, English race car driver († 1974)
• 1900 » John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia († 1980)
• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)