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Birthday October 7, 1901

• The temperature on October 7, 1901 was between 6.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). 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.
  • 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.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1897 » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader († 1975)
• 1897 » Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician († 1947)
• 1900 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician († 1945)
• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)