About the day » Thursday October 23, 1902Calender converter

• Aartje van de Kleut, Barneveld († 1979)
• Anthony Pobst, Oran, Scott, Missouri († 1991)
• Albert Metaal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Schermer, Haarlem († 1951)
• Alberta Hendrika van Klaveren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Albertus Frederikus Johannes Kok, Oldenzaal († 1978)
• Antonius van Schaik, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus DUBBELDAM, Dordrecht
• Antje van der Perk, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1982)
• Allard Cornelis de Buijzer, Amsterdam

• Adriaantje AMBAGTSHEER (67), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje de Boer (64), Hillegersberg
• Abraham Polak (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje AMBACHTSHEER (67), Ridderkerk
• Adriana de Ridder (65), Arnemuiden, Nederland
• Aaltje Helder (71), Ulrum
• Angenes Hagen (63), Steenwijk
• Anne Freeks Huistra (66), Dijken
• Akke Jillerts de Rijk (61), Leeuwarden
• Anna Isabella De Herdt (60), Antwerpen

• 1897 » John Baker, English air marshal († 1978)
• 1897 » Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish writer († 1975)
• 1899 » Bernt Balchen, Norwegian aviator († 1973)
• 1900 » Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)
• 1902 » Luther Evans, American political scientist and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian engineer († 1982)
• 1904 » Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach († 1995)
• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
• 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)

• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• 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.
• January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• 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.

The temperature on October 23, 1902 was between 2.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (61%).