Family tree Menting » Derk Jan Smeitink (1901-)

Birthday May 20, 1901

• The temperature on May 20, 1901 was between 5.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (58%). 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Eduard Ole, Estonian painter († 1995)
• 1899 » Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor († 1969)
• 1899 » John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist († 1971)
• 1900 » Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author († 1977)
• 1901 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist († 1970)
• 1901 » Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author († 1981)