Family tree Van Dijk » Anna Maria Haans (1901-)

Birthday March 24, 1901

• The temperature on March 24, 1901 was between -1.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (55%). 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.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • 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.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic († 1957)
• 1901 » Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse († 1971)
• 1902 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York († 1971)
• 1903 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1903 » Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar († 1990)
• 1905 » Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino author and diplomat († 2007)