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Birthday March 17, 1901

• The temperature on March 17, 1901 was between 1.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • 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.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

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• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)