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Birthday August 18, 1901

• The temperature on August 18, 1901 was between 11.3 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • 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.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver († 1955)
• 1900 » Ruth Bonner, Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge († 1987)
• 1900 » Ruth Norman, American religious leader († 1993)
• 1902 » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter († 1968)
• 1902 » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author († 2003)
• 1903 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer († 1983)