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Birthday June 27, 1901

• The temperature on June 27, 1901 was between 7.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways († 1981)
• 1900 » Dixie Brown, British boxer († 1957)
• 1901 » Merle Tuve, American geophysicist and academic († 1982)
• 1905 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player († 1976)
• 1906 » Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist († 1998)
• 1906 » Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter († 1967)