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Birthday April 28, 1901

• The temperature on April 28, 1901 was between 6.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). 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 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • 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 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Berry, Australian activist († 1978)
• 1900 » Heinrich Müller, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1900 » Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic († 1992)
• 1901 » H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon († 1973)
• 1902 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic († 1979)