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Birthday September 6, 1901

• The temperature on September 6, 1901 was between 5.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (59%). 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.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Billy Rose, American composer and manager († 1966)
• 1900 » Julien Green, French-American author († 1998)
• 1900 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia († 1979)
• 1906 » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1908 » Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial († 1982)