About the day » Wednesday August 20, 1902Calender converter

• Cools, Herentals
• Aleida Harmina Jankelina Jelina VISSER, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Amalia STOKKENTRE, Enschede (Overijssel) (NL) († 1996)
• Albert VerBeek
• * Aernouts, Brasschaat († 1902)
• Adriana van Oort, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 1979)
• Albertus Marinus Grijzenhout, Amsterdam († 1982)
• Adriana Kruf, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1907)
• Aaltje Weinreich, Avereest († 1908)
• Alida Margaretha Stuijt, Rotterdam

• Alphonsius Cornelius Mutsaerts (1), Essen (BEL)
• Anna Cornelia Peeters (0), Waalre
• Andries Mulders (57), Udenhout
• Anna Maria Hubertina Pluis (0), Maastricht
• Arthur Edmund Ivanhoe ROSKOTT (45), Surabaja (NOI)
• Bernardus Hinderikus Ahlers (0), Winschoten
• Adrianus van der Eijk (0), Schipluiden
• Antje Groen (64), Broek op L'dijk
• * Aernouts (0), Brasschaat
• (Adriana) (Cornelia) Verburg (87), Ovezande

• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1905 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist († 1964)
• 1905 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1905 » Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1906 » Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player († 1981)
• 1908 » Al López, American baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1909 » André Morell, English actor († 1978)

• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

The temperature on August 20, 1902 was between 11.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (46%).