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Birthday March 22, 1902

• The temperature on March 22, 1902 was between 2.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 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 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

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• 1899 » Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer († 1991)
• 1901 » Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter († 1991)
• 1902 » Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory († 1949)
• 1902 » Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer († 2008)
• 1903 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist († 1987)
• 1907 » James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1990)