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Birthday September 18, 1902

• The temperature on September 18, 1902 was between 5.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (30%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • 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 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius († 1985)
• 1900 » Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator († 1966)
• 1901 » Harold Clurman, American director and producer († 1980)
• 1904 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1988)
• 1904 » David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education († 1999)
• 1904 » Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor († 1985)