Family tree Houtman » Albert Kars (1901-)

Birthday November 15, 1901

• The temperature on November 15, 1901 was between -3.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). 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.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Leonard Lord, English businessman († 1967)
• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)