Klerken Woumen Zarren families » Zulma Maria Dewilde (1902-)

Birthday July 20, 1902

• The temperature on July 20, 1902 was between 8.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). 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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • 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 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.
  • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
  • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies († 1975)
• 1901 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1901 » Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding († 1996)
• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)