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Birthday September 27, 1901

• The temperature on September 27, 1901 was between 8.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • 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.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1896 » Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician († 1985)
• 1898 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer († 1946)
• 1904 » Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician († 1981)
• 1905 » Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager († 1994)
• 1906 » William Empson, English poet and critic († 1984)