Genealogy Richard en Marquardt » germaine THIEBAUT (1902-)

Birthday January 21, 1902

• The temperature on January 21, 1902 was between 7.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °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 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.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • 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 » Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer († 1994)
• 1900 » Bernhard Rensch, German evolutionary biologist († 1990)
• 1900 » Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director († 1965)
• 1901 » Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1903 » Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter († 1945)
• 1903 » William Lyon, American film editor († 1974)