Fischer-Sandker Groningen-Drenthe-Emsland » Ferdinand Arends (1902-)

Birthday September 22, 1902

• The temperature on September 22, 1902 was between 7.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). 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.
  • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • 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 » Elsie Allen, Native American Pomo basket weaver († 1990)
• 1900 » Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer († 1985)
• 1900 » William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator († 1967)
• 1901 » Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1901 » Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin († 1932)
• 1902 » John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and producer († 1988)