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Birthday October 6, 1901

• The temperature on October 6, 1901 was between 7.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °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.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic († 1991)
• 1900 » Stan Nichols, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist († 1991)
• 1900 » Willy Merkl, German mountaineer († 1934)
• 1901 » Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)