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Birthday November 20, 1901

• The temperature on November 20, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. 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 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy († 1985)
• 1900 » Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women's Olympics († 1996)
• 1900 » Helen Bradley, English painter († 1979)
• 1901 » José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer († 1957)
• 1902 » Erik Eriksen, Danish politician († 1972)
• 1902 » Gianpiero Combi, Italian footballer († 1956)