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Birthday June 11, 1901

• The temperature on June 11, 1901 was between 6.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). 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.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association († 1927)
• 1899 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1901 » Benny Wearing, Australian rugby league player († 1968)
• 1901 » Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower († 1978)
• 1902 » Eric Fraser, British illustrator and graphic designer († 1983)
• 1903 » Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach († 1976)