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Birthday February 27, 1901

• The temperature on February 27, 1901 was between 1.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °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 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.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • 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 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin († 1978)
• 1901 » Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic († 1980)
• 1901 » Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader († 1974)
• 1902 » Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1902 » John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1902 » Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace († 1998)