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Birthday June 12, 1901

• The temperature on June 12, 1901 was between 8.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). 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.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)
• 1902 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent († 1973)
• 1905 » Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and football player († 1988)
• 1906 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet († 1977)