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Birthday October 14, 1901

• The temperature on October 14, 1901 was between 2.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)
• 1898 » Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1950)
• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)
• 1904 » Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1995)
• 1904 » Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union († 1978)