Ward family tree » Ruth Tuning (1901-)

Birthday August 27, 1901

• The temperature on August 27, 1901 was between 11.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (50%). 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.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1963)
• 1899 » C. S. Forester, English novelist († 1966)
• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)