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Birthday November 20, 1901

• The temperature on November 20, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • 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.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy († 1985)
• 1900 » Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women's Olympics († 1996)
• 1900 » Helen Bradley, English painter († 1979)
• 1901 » José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer († 1957)
• 1902 » Erik Eriksen, Danish politician († 1972)
• 1902 » Gianpiero Combi, Italian footballer († 1956)