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Birthday July 3, 1901

• The temperature on July 3, 1901 was between 11.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). 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.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

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• 1897 » Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1898 » Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1982)
• 1900 » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer († 1953)
• 1903 » Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1992)
• 1905 » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach († 2006)