Kennedy Family Tree » Arthur Lawson (1902-1972)

Birthday April 27, 1902

• The temperature on April 27, 1902 was between 1.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (100%). 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 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
  • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
  • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
  • 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

• 1899 » Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor († 1994)
• 1900 » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile († 1989)
• 1902 » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist († 1942)
• 1904 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author († 1972)
• 1904 » Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician († 1973)
• 1905 » John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter († 1986)