Genealogische data Golse Genen » Franciscus Theodorus Rijnders (1902-)

Birthday May 10, 1902

• The temperature on May 10, 1902 was between 3.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). 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.
  • 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.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
  • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
  • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1901 » John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist († 1971)
• 1902 » David O. Selznick, American director and producer († 1965)
• 1903 » Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer († 1994)