Family tree Weening » Geertruid Poppema (1901-)

Birthday March 28, 1901

• The temperature on March 28, 1901 was between -5.1 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Buck Shaw, American football player and coach († 1977)
• 1899 » Gussie Busch, American businessman († 1989)
• 1899 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1973)
• 1900 » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator († 2004)
• 1902 » Flora Robson, English actress († 1984)
• 1902 » Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer († 1988)