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Birthday May 6, 1901

• The temperature on May 6, 1901 was between 4.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). 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.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • 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.
  • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

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• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)