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Birthday March 1, 1901

• The temperature on March 1, 1901 was between 3.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °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.
  • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • 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.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1896 » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer († 1942)
• 1899 » Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer († 1972)
• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1905 » Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer († 2000)