Zijper families » Guurtje Sijbrands (1901-)

Birthday January 27, 1901

• The temperature on January 27, 1901 was between 3.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.3 °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.
  • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral († 1986)
• 1901 » Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers († 1988)
• 1901 » Willy Fritsch, German actor († 1973)
• 1903 » John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1903 » Otto P. Weyland, American general († 1979)
• 1904 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic († 1979)