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Birthday November 24, 1901

• The temperature on November 24, 1901 was between -6.0 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (63%). 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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and businessman († 1978)
• 1895 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist († 1972)
• 1897 » Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player († 1953)
• 1897 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss († 1962)
• 1899 » Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic († 1966)
• 1904 » Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon († 1988)