Family tree Weening » Hendrik Nijboer (1901-)

Birthday October 22, 1901

• The temperature on October 22, 1901 was between 3.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). 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.
  • 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.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist († 1990).
• 1899 » Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter († 1975).
• 1900 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist († 1927)
• 1903 » Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian († 1952)
• 1903 » George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1904 » Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer († 1965)