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Birthday May 17, 1901

• The temperature on May 17, 1901 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). 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.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)