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Birthday May 25, 1902

• The temperature on May 25, 1902 was between 6.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 16.0 hours of sunshine (99%). 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 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
  • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
  • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
  • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
  • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1897 » Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier († 1978)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)
• 1907 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma († 1995)