Genealogy Van Raam » Klara Prins (1902-)

Birthday September 2, 1902

• The temperature on September 2, 1902 was between 16.8 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (68%). 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 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • 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 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • 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

• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)
• 1901 » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach († 1977)
• 1901 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet († 1975)
• 1904 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician († 1963)
• 1907 » Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator († 1998)
• 1908 » Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer († 2017)