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Birthday June 18, 1902

• The temperature on June 18, 1902 was between 7.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 12.3 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.
  • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • 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.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1901 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1901 » Llewellyn Rees, English actor († 1994)
• 1902 » Louis Alter, American musician († 1980)
• 1902 » Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete († 1980)
• 1903 » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer († 1965)
• 1903 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet († 1923)