Genealogie ter Beek » Berendje van Pijkeren (1902-)

Birthday November 21, 1902

• The temperature on November 21, 1902 was between -9.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (89%). 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.
  • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
  • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • 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 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha († 1987)
• 1899 » Jobyna Ralston, American actress († 1967)
• 1902 » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster († 1985)
• 1902 » Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1902 » Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician († 1982)
• 1904 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1969)