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Birthday January 11, 1901

• The temperature on January 11, 1901 was between -7.8 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (64%). 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.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

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• 1897 » August Heissmeyer, German SS officer († 1979)
• 1897 » Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author († 1955)
• 1899 » Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer († 1991)
• 1901 » Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot († 1988)
• 1902 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer († 1986)
• 1903 » Alan Paton, South African author and activist († 1988)