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Birthday May 25, 1901

• The temperature on May 25, 1901 was between 8.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 10.1 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.
  • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1897 » Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier († 1978)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)
• 1907 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma († 1995)