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Birthday July 7, 1901

• The temperature on July 7, 1901 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). 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.
  • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
  • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Earle E. Partridge, American general († 1990)
• 1900 » Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress († 1944)
• 1901 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer († 1970)
• 1901 » Sam Katzman, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1901 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)
• 1902 » Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager († 2005)