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Birthday December 9, 1901

• The temperature on December 9, 1901 was between 2.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). 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.
  • 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.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • 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.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator († 1937)
• 1900 » Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle († 1977)
• 1900 » Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales († 1976)
• 1901 » Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician († 1936)
• 1902 » Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist († 1985)