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Birthday June 30, 1902

• The temperature on June 30, 1902 was between 10.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). 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.
  • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
  • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • 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.
  • 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

• 1899 » Madge Bellamy, American actress († 1990)
• 1905 » John Van Ryn, American tennis player († 1999)
• 1906 » Anthony Mann, American actor and director († 1967)
• 1907 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician († 1950)
• 1908 » Luigi Rovere, Italian film producer († 1996)
• 1908 » Winston Graham, English author († 2003)