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Birthday April 10, 1901

• The temperature on April 10, 1901 was between 5.2 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (41%). 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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • 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

• 1894 » Ben Nicholson, British painter († 1982)
• 1897 » Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1990)
• 1900 » Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist († 2004)
• 1901 » Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist († 1971)
• 1903 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator († 1970)
• 1906 » Steve Anderson, American hurdler († 1988)