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Birthday December 21, 1901

• The temperature on December 21, 1901 was between -0.5 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °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.
  • 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.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Walter Hagen, American golfer († 1969)
• 1896 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II († 1968)
• 1900 » Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president († 1965)
• 1905 » Anthony Powell, English author († 2000)
• 1905 » Käte Fenchel, German mathematician († 1983)
• 1909 » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author († 1992)