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Birthday December 16, 1901

• The temperature on December 16, 1901 was between -3.5 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. 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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer († 1973)
• 1900 » Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer († 1999)
• 1900 » V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic († 1997)
• 1901 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author († 1978)
• 1902 » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright († 1999)
• 1903 » Hardie Albright, American actor († 1975)