Genealogy Van Loo-Malcorps » Alida Maria VAN LOO (1902-)

Birthday April 19, 1902

• The temperature on April 19, 1902 was between 6.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (81%). 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 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
  • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
  • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
  • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress († 1978)
• 1900 » Rhea Silberta, Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher († 1959)
• 1900 » Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1900 » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada († 1991)
• 1902 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1903 » Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent († 1957)