Genealogy Trimp » Jacob Kampen (1902-< 2002)

Birthday October 16, 1902

• The temperature on October 16, 1902 was between 6.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). 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 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • 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 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
  • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1900 » Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet († 1988)
• 1903 » Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)
• 1904 » Björn Berglund, Swedish actor († 1968)